The nearest town with a Safety Grade to Mississippi State is Starkville, 2 miles away
Within 10 miles, Starkville is the one town with a Safety Grade. Mississippi State has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Oktibbeha County. The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Mississippi State alone, and no Safety Grade. A 25-mile circle around it holds 3 towns with a grade.
What stands out about safety in Mississippi State
Policed by the county
Mississippi State is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Mississippi State. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Mississippi State towns with their own police figures are Starkville (C+, 2 mi), West Point (C−, 13 mi), Ackerman (B+, 24 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mississippi State. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Oktibbeha County without police of their own, which include Mississippi State.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2024 offenses reported by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Mississippi State towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starkville | C+ | 2 mi | 0.7 | 20.9 |
| West Point | C− | 13 mi | 5.8 | 18.1 |
| Ackerman | B+ | 24 mi | 0.4 | 9.7 |
| Vardaman | A− | 37 mi | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Amory | D | 41 mi | 5.1 | 22.7 |
| Bruce | C+ | 49 mi | 4.0 | 7.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Mississippi State. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mississippi State.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Mississippi State’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than is typical for Mississippi State towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (14.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Mississippi State’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mississippi State’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Mississippi State and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starkville | C+ | 0.7 | 20.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Mississippi State
Is Mississippi State, MS safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Mississippi State. The nearest Mississippi State towns with a grade are Starkville (C+, 2 mi), West Point (C−, 13 mi), Ackerman (B+, 24 mi).
Who polices Mississippi State?
The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office. Mississippi State is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Oktibbeha County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Mississippi State.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.