Photo: Trevor Birchett · CC BY-SA 4.0The crimes the grade counts fell 45% per resident in Southaven from 2023 to 2025
Weighing it all, Southaven earns C− for safety (#27 of 45 graded towns in Mississippi), with more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. On top of that, each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. For every 1,000 residents, 2.6 violent crimes and 23.0 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Mississippi, the figures are 2.8 and 21.5.
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 Southaven
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Mississippi towns on Southaven’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Hernando (A−), Horn Lake (B−), Olive Branch (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 Southaven’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 40% of the 45 Mississippi towns we grade, against 23% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Southaven’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 (2.6) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Southaven property | Rest of Mississippi property | Southaven violent | Rest of Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.7 | 24.5 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 32.5 | 23.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 20.2 | 22.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 16.5 | 19.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Southaven per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Southaven | Rest of Mississippi | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Southaven’s police reported 452 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,113 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
155 violent and 958 property, as reported to the FBI by Southaven’s police.
21 people died in crashes on Southaven’s roads in 2019–2023
Southaven had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 9 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Southaven and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven | C− | 2.6 | 23.0 |
| Horn Lake | B− | 0.9 | 16.1 |
| Olive Branch | C+ | 1.9 | 13.7 |
| Hernando | A− | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven | C− | 2.6 | 23.0 |
| 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 Southaven’s population (57,819), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Southaven. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Southaven’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (58,174 in 2025); our figure for Southaven is 57,819 (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 Southaven
Is Southaven, MS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Southaven reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #27 of 45 in Mississippi. Its police reported 2.6 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 Southaven?
2.6 violent and 23.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Mississippi reports 2.8 and 21.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Southaven in 2025?
Southaven’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Southaven safer than Horn Lake?
Horn Lake reports less crime per resident than Southaven: Horn Lake grades B− for safety and Southaven C−. Horn Lake’s police reported 0.9 violent and 16.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Southaven?
Southaven’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Southaven”. 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.