The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Jackson, MS
The Jackson metro area, the 94th-largest in the US, is home to 611,300 residents; Jackson itself is the capital and largest city of Mississippi · Updated November 2026
Is Jackson, MS safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in the Jackson area is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so the Jackson area sits near the middle: 55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. The city of Jackson itself grades C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within the Jackson area run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 859 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than the Jackson area as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Jackson area scores 859.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Jackson, MS at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Jackson area, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in the Jackson area
One part of Jackson stands out for robbery. Robberies in West Park, Capitol Neighbors & Delhaven, in central Jackson, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Murder runs high. The Jackson area has about 88 murders a year, a rate more than double the national one.
The safest and most dangerous places in the Jackson area
In the Jackson area, 77% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 6% in areas graded C and 17% in areas graded D or F. Grades across the Jackson area run from A+ to F; 67% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 77%C 6%D or F 17%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Jackson
1Presidential Hills, Queens-Magnolia Terrace & Northwest Hills Terrace, northwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Jackson.B+740
2Greater Belhaven & Fonderen-Cherokee Heights, eastRobberies run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Jackson.B661
3Northbrook, North Colony & Broadmoor, northeastAggravated assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Jackson.C-376
5Virden, Berwood Drive-Azalea Circle & Skyline Dr, northRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of Jackson.D-80
6Larchmont, Westhaven & Country Club Place, westRobberies run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Jackson.D-79
7West Park, Capitol Neighbors & Delhaven, centralThefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Jackson.F0
8Olin Park, Washington Addition & Englewood, southBurglaries run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Jackson.F0
Neighborhood areas of the city of Jackson, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Jackson metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the area, the Magee, Mendenhall, and Braxton areas have the least crime and the downtown Jackson area the most.
Crime rates and types in the Jackson area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Jackson area has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and 21% less than Mississippi.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault makes up about 37% of crime reported in the Jackson area. Murder is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How the Jackson area compares with nearby metro areas
The Jackson area has the least crime of its 10 nearest metro areas.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Jackson area. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Jackson area is safer than 85% of them.
Empty homes, density and night lighting in the Jackson area
Two things set the Jackson area apart: it has 11.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, yet burglary runs lower here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.11.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 96% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% of Americans in metro areas
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.66% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% of Americans in metro areas
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for the Jackson area: F (3 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 83% of Americans in metro areas
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs the Jackson area
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs the Jackson area about $1,313 a year per household, 9% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $316 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $1.52 billion a year, or $2,480 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$165 million
$269
Rape
$10 million
$17
Robbery
$8.8 million
$14
Assault
$65 million
$106
Burglary
$11 million
$17
Theft
$27 million
$44
Vehicle theft
$17 million
$27
Arson
$3.4 million
$6
Vandalism
$10 million
$17
Total
$316 million
$518
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in the Jackson area means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. These figures cover the whole Jackson metro area. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in the Jackson area average a SchoolGrade of C-: 48% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in the Jackson area on SchoolGrade
