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Petal Crime Rate Report (Mississippi)

Petal crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Petal for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Petal in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 92.15% and the city property crime rate in Petal was lower than the national property crime rate average by 69.26%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Petal was lower than the violent crime rate in Mississippi by 88.66% and the city property crime rate in Petal was lower than the property crime rate in Mississippi by 62.67%.

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

Petal Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault3
Arson3
Burglary33
Larceny and Theft18
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape0
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)61
Property Crime55
Violent Crime3
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault8
Arson1
Burglary19
Larceny and Theft15
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)42
Property Crime36
Violent Crime11

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Petal Property Crime

Petal Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Petal Crime 2025

Petal Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Petal Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Petal Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Petal, 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 Petal crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 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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