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Meridian Crime Rate Report (Mississippi)

Meridian crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Meridian for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Meridian in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 64.44% and the city property crime rate in Meridian was higher than the national property crime rate average by 6.68%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Meridian was higher than the violent crime rate in Mississippi by 137.4% and the city property crime rate in Meridian was higher than the property crime rate in Mississippi by 29.55%.

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

Meridian Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault125
Arson0
Burglary252
Larceny and Theft180
Motor Vehicle Theft112
Murder and Manslaughter13
Rape22
Robbery19
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)786
Property Crime544
Violent Crime179
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault110
Arson3
Burglary101
Larceny and Theft255
Motor Vehicle Theft78
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape13
Robbery16
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)673
Property Crime431
Violent Crime153

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Meridian Property Crime

Meridian Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Meridian Crime 2025

Meridian Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Meridian Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Meridian Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Meridian, 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 Meridian crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 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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