Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Reported crime per resident in Olive Branch fell 38% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Olive Branch grades C+ for safety (#16 of 45 graded towns in Mississippi): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MS” is every other Mississippi city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Olive Branch
Olive Branch reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Mississippi towns on Olive Branch’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Southaven (C−). Bridgetown is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Mississippi towns, closer to the middle
Mississippi’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Olive Branch’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 64% of the 45 Mississippi towns we grade, against 43% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Olive Branch has 31,016 jobs based in town for 47,563 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Olive Branch’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Mississippi.
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| Year | Olive Branch property | Rest of Mississippi property | Olive Branch violent | Rest of Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.6 | 25.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 17.3 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 13.6 | 22.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 19.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Olive Branch’s police reported 276 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Olive Branch | Rest of Mississippi | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
574 crimes reported in 2025
83 violent and 491 property, as reported to the FBI by Olive Branch’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
26 people died in crashes on Olive Branch’s roads in 2019–2023
Olive Branch had 25 fatal crashes in five years, in which 26 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 11.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Mississippi towns of 25,000–100,000 people (11.4, 15 towns).
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.
Olive Branch and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Branch | C+ | 1.9 | 13.7 |
| Southaven | C− | 2.6 | 23.0 |
| Bridgetown | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bridgetown is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Mississippi towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Branch | C+ | 1.9 | 13.7 |
| Madison | A | 0.4 | 4.6 |
| Oxford | C+ | 1.4 | 16.3 |
| Biloxi | D | 3.7 | 30.8 |
| Hattiesburg | D | 2.4 | 37.6 |
| Tupelo | D | 3.8 | 37.2 |
The five graded Mississippi towns closest to Olive Branch’s population (47,563), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Olive Branch. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Olive Branch’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (47,568 in 2025); our figure for Olive Branch is 47,563 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Olive Branch
Is Olive Branch, MS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Olive Branch reports more crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #16 of 45 in Mississippi. Its police reported 1.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Olive Branch?
1.9 violent and 13.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Mississippi reports 2.8 and 22.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Olive Branch?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Olive Branch in 2025?
Olive Branch’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Olive Branch safer than Southaven?
Southaven reports more crime per resident than Olive Branch: Southaven grades C− for safety and Olive Branch C+. Southaven’s police reported 2.6 violent and 23.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Olive Branch?
Olive Branch’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Olive Branch”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.