Crime in Sunnyside, MS

Sunnyside is a community of 100 in Tallahatchie County, about 50 miles northeast of downtown Greenville · Updated November 2026

Is Sunnyside, MS safe?

Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Sunnyside has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 973 of 1,000
Safer than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

95% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sunnyside as a whole, and 5% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sunnyside scores 973.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 971 of 1,000Less violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods
A+
Property crimeSafety score 977 of 1,000Less property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Sunnyside

Map of Sunnyside shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Sunnyside, MS at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sunnyside, 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


Crime rates and types in Sunnyside

CrimeGrade™ estimates Sunnyside has about 63 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 69% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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.

Vandalism is the most common crime in Sunnyside, about 37% of everything reported.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 10.390.05
RapeA+under 10.810.38
RobberyA+under 10.520.62
AssaultA+217.812.3
Property crime
BurglaryA+under 17.02.4
TheftA+under 18.513.1
Vehicle theftA+under 12.62.7
ArsonAunder 12.10.12
VandalismA+223.25.5

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 Sunnyside compares with nearby cities

Sunnyside has the least crime of its 10 nearest cities.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
SunnysideA+973A+A+100
Somerville 3 milesA+970A+A+50
Minter City 3 milesA+971A+A+220
Philipp 6 milesA+961A+A+383
Whitehead 7 milesA+965A+A+123
Show all 10
PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Glendora 7 milesA+946A+A+292
Schlater 8 milesA+964A+A+297
Money 10 milesA+962A+A+26
Shellmound 10 milesA+965A+A+29
Sharkey 10 milesA+964A+A+202
Tippo 10 milesA+973A+A+206

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sunnyside. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Sunnyside has more crime than 65% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
SunnysideA+973A+A+100
Verdel, NEA+995A+A+100
Middlegrove, ILA+989A+A+100
South Andover, MEA+984A+A+100
Berwinsdale, PAA+983A+A+100
Show all 10
PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Judson, KYA+982A+A+100
Unionvale, OHA+982A+A+100
Sugarbush, NYA+979A+A+100
Riceville, INA+976A+A+100
Whiskeytown, CAA+972A+A+100
Mahone, WVA+967A+A+100

What crime costs Sunnyside

Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Sunnyside about $3,670 a year per household, about triple the US figure of $1,205.

Cost of crime per resident, per year

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $660,000 a year, or $6,550 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$73,000$725
Rape$4,900$49
Robbery$1,600$16
Assault$22,000$220
Burglary$6,300$63
Theft$4,400$44
Vehicle theft$4,000$39
Arson$5,100$51
Vandalism$16,000$164
Total$140,000$1,371

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 Sunnyside 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. Sunnyside is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.

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. 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Sunnyside

Schools in Sunnyside, MS average a SchoolGrade of F: 30% of students test proficient, against 16% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Sunnyside on SchoolGrade