Porterville General Store · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Who reports crime for Porterville
Union, 38 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B). Porterville has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Kemper County. The Kemper 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 Porterville alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Porterville
Policed by the county
Porterville is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Kemper County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Kemper County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Porterville. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Mississippi towns with their own police figures are Union (B, 38 mi), Philadelphia (D, 38 mi), Starkville (C+, 58 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Porterville. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Kemper County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Kemper County without police of their own, which include Porterville.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Kemper 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 towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union | B | 38 mi | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| Philadelphia | D | 38 mi | 4.4 | 27.9 |
| Starkville | C+ | 58 mi | 0.7 | 20.9 |
| Ackerman | B+ | 59 mi | 0.4 | 9.7 |
| Forest | C− | 63 mi | 5.4 | 12.3 |
| West Point | C− | 65 mi | 5.8 | 18.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Porterville. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Porterville.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Porterville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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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 Porterville
Is Porterville, MS safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Porterville. The nearest Mississippi towns with a grade are Union (B, 38 mi), Philadelphia (D, 38 mi), Starkville (C+, 58 mi).
Who polices Porterville?
The Kemper County Sheriff’s Office. Porterville is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Kemper County without police of their own.
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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.