In 2016 there were 91,115 crimes reported in the U.S. state of Mississippi, including 238 murders.
[1] In 2017–2018 the violent crime rate dropped 8%.
[2] The city listed in Mississippi as the safest is Madison.
[4][5] Capital punishment is applied in this state.
[6] One of the two death sentences of Willie Jerome Manning (for two unrelated double murders) attracted national attention in May 2013 when the FBI rescinded an evidence report days before Manning's scheduled execution.