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Columbia Crime Rate Report (Mississippi)

Columbia crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 6 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Columbia for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Columbia in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 43.46% and the city property crime rate in Columbia was higher than the national property crime rate average by 80.03%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Columbia was lower than the violent crime rate in Mississippi by 18.37% and the city property crime rate in Columbia was higher than the property crime rate in Mississippi by 118.65%.

Property and Violent Crime
Columbia Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Columbia Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Columbia Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault8
Arson0
Burglary17
Larceny and Theft158
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)187
Property Crime179
Violent Crime12
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault11
Arson0
Burglary34
Larceny and Theft193
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)238
Property Crime230
Violent Crime16

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Columbia Property Crime

Columbia Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Columbia Crime 2025

Columbia Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Columbia Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Columbia Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Columbia, Mississippi crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Columbia crime report data for 2026 was projected from 6 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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