Oil City, MS Violent Crime Rates and Maps

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Violent Crime Grade	A+
Property Crime Grade	B+
Other Crime Grade	B

Which crimes are included?

$51,825

Cost of Crime™ for Oil City, MS

In 2025, violent crime will cost $395 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Oil City with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The A+ grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Oil City against the average US city, where the rate is much lower than the norm. Oil City sits in the 93rd percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 93% of cities and behind 7%. The grade covers only Oil City's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Oil City is 1.361 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 470 in the northeast neighborhoods to 1 in 1,282 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of Oil City, MS report the most violent crime, about 0 cases per year. The central part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Oil City, MS

The tangible cost of violent crime in Oil City is projected at $51,825 for 2025, about $162 per resident and $395 per household. That equals 0.5% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 38.1%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 48.6%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.2%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Oil City Compared to Other Cities?

Oil City, MS:	$162
Fayette, MS:	$328
Gulf Hills, MS:	$59
Mississippi:	$146
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $162 per resident each year in Oil City, which is $96 less than the national average and $17 more than Mississippi's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Oil City:

In Fayette, MS, crime costs $328 per person, which is $166 more than in Oil City.
In Gulf Hills, MS, crime costs $59 per person, which is $104 less than in Oil City

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Oil City, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Oil City	Cost per Oil City Resident
Murder	$35,815	$112
Rape/Sexual Assault	$7,638	$24
Robbery	$824	$3
Assault	$7,548	$24
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$51,825	$162

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Oil City, MS

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Oil City totals $275,647 ($864 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $327,472 ($1,027 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Oil City, MS, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Oil City Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Oil City residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	0.8239
Robbery	0.0821
Rape	0.3949
Murder	0.0597
Total Violent Crime	1.361 (A+)

Individual Oil City Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Oil City is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Oil City.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Valley, MS	B+	A-	B
Bentonia, MS	A	A+	A
Little Yazoo, MS	A	A+	A+
Mechanicsburg, MS	A-	A+	A-
Satartia, MS	A-	A+	A-
Tinsley, MS	B	A	B-
Dover, MS	B	A+	C+
Phoenix, MS	A-	A+	A-
Nevada, MS	A-	A+	A-
Nod, MS	C	A	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Oil City is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Rehoboth, VA	C	D+	D+
Pitcher, NY	A	B+	B+
Plain View, VA	B	C-	C-
Platte Woods, MO	B	B+	B+
Pleasant Hill, NE	F	C	C
Puryear Corner, VA	F	A	A
Ralston, IA	A-	A+	A+
Rapidan, MN	B-	A-	A-
Raymond City, WV	A	A-	A-
Reads Landing, MN	C-	D	D

Considering only the violent crime rate, Oil City is as safe as the Mississippi state average and safer than the national average.

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