The Jackson, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties - Madison, Chester, Gibson, Crockett - in western Tennessee, anchored by the city of Jackson.

As of 2020, the Jackson Metro Area ranked 38th worst in the United States, with 624.6 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.

The Memphis metropolitan area ranked worst in the country in violent crime per capita.

According to Morgan Quitno's 2010 Metropolitan Crime Rate Rankings [3] the Jackson metropolitan area had the 13th highest crime rate in the United States.

The Jackson-Brownsville Combined Statistical Area formerly made up of five counties in west Tennessee.