Wednesday, September 30, 2015

FBI: crime down in Jackson, Flowood, Bryam and up in Madison & Ridgeland since 2012

The FBI released its 2014 crime statistics for Mississippi yesterday.  You can read the crime stats for your city in the report posted below or on this page at the FBI website.  The report provides statistics for each category of crime. 

Here are the Jackson metro area stats for property crimes, and violent crimes.  The population is included in parenthesis.

Jackson (172,376):  1,593 violent crimes, 10,382 property crimes
Clinton: Did not report.
Byram (11,628): 12 violent crimes, 227 property crimes
Ridgeland (24,511): 50 violent crimes, 689 property crimes
Madison (25,572): 15 violent crimes, 263 property crimes
Canton: Did not report
Flora (1,899): 4 violent crimes, 34 property crimes
Pearl: Did not report
Brandon (22,707): 17 violent crimes, 204 property crimes
Flowood (8,521): 32 violent crimes, 238 property crimes
Florence (4,310): 1 violent crime, 26 property crimes
Richland: Did not report

FBI 2013 Mississippi table.
Jackson: 1,631 violent crimes, 10,284 property crimes
Madison: 16 violent crimes, 163 property crimes
Ridgeland: 40 violent crimes, 662 property crimes
Flowood: 38 violent crimes, 392 property crimes
Brandon: Did not report
Byram: 16 violent crimes, 256 property crimes
Florence: Did not report

FBI 2012 Mississippi table
Jackson: 1,668 violent crimes, 11,568 property crimes
Madison: 14 violent crimes, 212 property crimes
Ridgeland: 38 violent crimes, 699 property crimes
Clinton (25,573): 30 violent crimes, 650 property crimes
Flowood: 41 violent crimes, 274 property crimes
Byram: 7 violent crimes, 268 property crimes
Pearl (25,530): 33 violent crimes, 629 property crimes

This post covered a three-year window but here is the 2011 report:

FBI 2011 Mississippi Table 
Jackson:  1,620 violent crimes, 12,811 property crimes
Madison: 20 violent crimes, 220 property crimes
Ridgeland: 35 violent crimes, 594 property crimes
Brandon: 13 violent crimes, 247 property crimes
Pearl: 57 violent crimes, 673 property crimes
Flowood: 38 violent crimes, 495 property crimes



34 comments:

Anonymous said...

Greenville shows 6 murders in 2014. They have had 14 murders through the first 9 months of 2015.

Anonymous said...

I wonder how many of the 1,593 violent crimes in Jackson were black on black? I would guess around 1,580 or so. Where's the outrage out of that community demanding that something changes with respect to those type crimes? Where are the protests?

Anonymous said...

I think I'll take my chances in Madison and Ridgeland.

Anonymous said...

I'll just continue to carry a gun.

Anonymous said...

Since these stats were self reported, I am guessing that Madison and Ridgeland stats represent actual numbers and the Jackson stats have been cooked.

Anonymous said...

Madison and Ridgeland are NOT safe. Crime is going up.

Anonymous said...

4:03 - dream on, its well understood that Madison takes creative liberty with how it classifies certain types of crime to maintain a facade of "Mayberryness."

Anonymous said...

I think that the FBI is full shit.

Anonymous said...

If crime is rising in Madison and Ridgeland now, just wait til Costco opens. You ain't seen nuttin yet

double barrel said...

I'll take my chances in Madison, too. Anytime you see an officer involved in a stop of any sort, you see at least two patrol cars on site. And you don't see any patrol cars cruising around stoppin' at hotels for coffee or chasin' skirts on the interstate. Gimme Madison any day. If you peckerheads think the books are cooked, shut your trap and cite your evidence.

Anonymous said...

@3:10

If the 1593 violent crimes are against children in Jackson, 1500 were committed by whites!

Anonymous said...

Now Mattiace says Costco will increase surrounding property values. Hmmmm, where have we heard that bogus load of BS before?

Anonymous said...

@6:52, I'll clear the air - I live in Madison (the city), but auto burglary is not malicious mischief. I will submit that when a bunch of cars get broken into at a large shopping area, it looks bad for the city, but its no excuse to mislead the public. Unless its a felony stop, two units at every t-stop is a waste of resources.

Anonymous said...

Crime rose under Malcolm the Great, for 20 years.

Anonymous said...

As jacksonians flee their own crime and filth, they inevitably bring their crime and filth with them and ruin things for the rest of us. We should build a wall. A big one.

Anonymous said...

@8:42...with a big beautiful door?

Anonymous said...

@8:42
You should absolutely build a wall and keep all your hedonistic, licentious, perverse, and predatory pedophillic practices with people that look like you, vote as you do and partake in the same filth that you delight in. The less of you to prey upon our children the better!

So build a wall, a great big fancy one and keep your kind gated in; because truly, your type of charity begins at home behind gated and fancy walls!

Anonymous said...

When you build a wall and lock yourself in Madison, please stay there and quit coming to Jackson to shop at Whole Foods, Walkers, Bravos, and all the treasures in Fondren

Anonymous said...

Hey 9:22 PM know of any State Senators like this one up in Madison voting to protect child rapists?

Anonymous said...

@ 9:22- Child molesters come in all colors. They all are scum. As far as walls are concerned:
You should absolutely build a wall and keep all your hedonistic, licentious, perverse, predatory practices with people that look like you, vote as you do and partake in the same filth that you delight in. The less of you to prey upon our citizens the better!

I only wish a great big fancy wall was built to keep your kind out; because truly, your type of charity begins at your homes behind smelly sewer laden streets and yards and in bullet ridden neighborhoods!

Waste of Resources? said...

Anon at 7:37 who thinks having two units respond is a 'waste of resources'. Tell your bullshit to the families of all the officers killed in the past five years who were involved in simple traffic stops, responding to a domestic disturbance or just simply pumping gas.

Anonymous said...

Whole Foods, Walkers, Bravos, Fondren couldn't survive as businesses without their Madison and Rankin county customers.

Anonymous said...

10:51. I assume that was a joke. The majority of us wouldn't be caught dead in those areas. We value not only our vehicles but also our lives.

Kingfish said...

BS. The surrounding demographics support them quite nicely.

Anonymous said...

"treasures of Fondren", that makes my asshole pucker just a little. Seriously, If a bunch of hipster diners and a parade for Jeff and Sarah gets your collective liberal fucktard rocks off then so be it. Madison has a place that sells craft beer and Local is just as good if not better than the mothership.

I think this is called reporting basis. Crime is way higher in Jackson, but the cops don't respond and tons of crime never gets reported. The Madison and Rankin police are omnipresent the areas are growing, while Jackustan is shrinking.

All the apologists who flock to Fondren on Thurday nights to shop at GLO will probably refer to those of us that know the truth as "crimate change" doubters. Once again, I dare you to walk down from Fondren to Meadowbrook on State street with a fist full of Yen. Only then will your collective voices come together and truly soar.

Anonymous said...

What's up with the guy who keeps rattling about pedophiles?

Anonymous said...

7:52 Projection? Distraction? Guilty conscience?

Anonymous said...

"When you build a wall and lock yourself in Madison, please stay there and quit coming to Jackson to shop at Whole Foods, Walkers, Bravos, and all the treasures in Fondren"
September 30, 2015 at 10:51 PM

Let's see... First and only time for us to shop at Whole Foods, was when one had opened in New Orleans ('98?). We wanted 'Real Salt' (from an ancient, mineral-rich sea source, and thus free of post-Hiroshima radioactivity). Rainbow didn't have 'Real Salt', yet. We walked into Whole Foods, where Vietnam-era Soul/Funk 'good tyme oldies' were BLASTING, and half the employees were having a singalong/pantomime while they stocked the shelves. We located that one item, and FLED. Nothing could ever induce either of us to enter that hellhole, or any other Whole Foods, ever again.

Walker's (note the apostrophe?), we went to, once, as college students. That was decades back. It was nice - but not really any better than Strawberry Cafe, where we know our cars, and our persons, will be safe. I remember a lot of 'atmosphere'. But being from Greenville, I got a lifetime's worth of reverse snobbery 'atmosphere' at 'Doe's Eat Place' (Actually, listening to my alcoholic Ole Miss/Sewanee Fratrat/Suzy LL-Bean-clad relatives' collections of John Prine and Johnny Cash, on trips to and from Doe's Eat Place, was enough reverse snobbery for several lifetimes.)

Bravo! (Notice the exclamation point? That's how it appears on their logo, and in their articles of incorporation. It's not Bravo's, and it's certainly not Bravos.) is a great restaurant. We recommend it frequently. But we haven't been there in years. We love the place, but just never think about actually going, anymore.

As for the "treasures" of Fondren, we only go to Rainbow. The vitamins/supplements there are from trustworthy American manufacturers. And we buy their bulk whole grains, olive oil, and spices. But there are mail-order sources for all these things. As it is, we have trouble finding S-Class-worthy parking spots there, and do not like the crappy music (Rainbow used to play New Age, which was innocuous, if entry-level (They were still playing Andreas Vollenweider, a decade after they should have moved on to Robert Rich). But now, they play Sixties/Seventies Pothead garbage, that makes us feel like we're being held captive in a meth lab, in an algae-encrusted single-wide trailer, somewhere out in the Piney Woods.). We also do not enjoy the attitude we get from a lot of the staff. So, I can imagine us ordering from the Ozark Natural Foods Co-op, if we were forbidden entry into HOLY JACKTOWN.

We used to drive across a corner of Jackson, on the way to Flowood, where we still prefer the Courthouse 'Mother Ship' location. But we've discovered that Spillway Road allows us to totally bypass The Kingdom of Kush (except when the Reservoir's Mayfly population swells to biblical dimensions). And anyway, we have a passable gym here at the house, so our trainers and massage people could come to us, if need be.

So, truly: BUILD THE DAMN WALL!!! There's nothin' on the other side that we can't do without.

Oh, and 9:22: were you trying to SAY SOMETHING? Or were you simply stringing-together words and phrases, in ways that you found pleasing and evocative? If it's the latter, then I commend you on your poetic endeavor. (Was your little 'piece' intended as poetic commentary on the recent arrest, BY Madison PD, of the alleged predator in Bolton?) If, however, your intent was the former, and you were actually attempting to communicate, then might I recommend one of the excellent new anti-schizophrenic medications? I'm heavily invested in pharmaceuticals, and so every time a new schizoid gets put on state-of-the-art meds, I am "blessed and enriched".

Messick said...

Anon 2:15,

When you were hittin' up Doe's back when, did Julia Reed happen to be in the car? Talk about the reverse-snobbery... nice gal and all but, man, I'd get sick of it with a quickness.

Also, was the Food Whole you went to in NOLA the original one on Esplanade, not far from Liuzza's by da Track? Back in late '01, the security guard there was gunned down at closing time during a botched robbery. The perps got inside tips from a former employee/"team member" who was cut in on the proceeds.

Finally, that's some good writing. An Andreas Vollenweider reference on JJ! That's Dennis Miller-deep. I recognize your style and can tell you've posted here previously. But you need a good handle.

Me, I'm only good at naming boats, pets, coworkers, and large women.

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, our side of the would-be wall has lots of assholes, and apparently like 2:15, some have considerable time on their hands. Can we ship Princess back to Greenville in her S-Class? She doesn't contribute much here.

Anonymous said...

Don't come across too many large women that are not already named. And it's against the law to have a coworker with no name

Anonymous said...

All of this back and forth should really just stop. No matter what city in the Mississippi you live, let's just remember that we're still the most backward, racist state in the Union. We are on the bottom of every good list, and we're at the top of every bad list. Instead of bickering amongst ourselves (neither Jackson nor Madison is anything to brag about), we should all work together to try to improve the image of the State of Mississippi.

Anonymous said...

7:25. Have you not noticed? This "shitty blog" survives on overt racism. We that live in Jackson are trashed by those that don't. Shhhh. Blacks are in charge. Delta boys die hard. PS: I love living in Jackson. I hope you liove where you live.

Anonymous said...

Messick said... "Anon 2:15 When you were hittin' up Doe's back when, did Julia Reed happen to be in the car? Talk about the reverse-snobbery... nice gal and all but, man, I'd get sick of it with a quickness.

Also, was the Food Whole you went to in NOLA the original one on Esplanade, not far from Liuzza's by da Track? Back in late '01, the security guard there was gunned down at closing time during a botched robbery. The perps got inside tips from a former employee/"team member" who was cut in on the proceeds.

Finally, that's some good writing. An Andreas Vollenweider reference on JJ! That's Dennis Miller-deep. I recognize your style and can tell you've posted here previously. But you need a good handle.

Me, I'm only good at naming boats, pets, coworkers, and large women."
October 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM

Apparently, Julia Reed was never in the car. Mine was NOT one of the five Greenville families who kept limousines for schlepping the kids between The Washington School, Miss Almyra Jackson's School of Dance, and the Country Club's pool. If we'd had a Lehmann-Peterson presidential stretch Continental like the Brents', then I might not have noticed Julia's presence (had the soundproof partition been, blessedly, up). But in an ordinary little nineteen-foot-long Town Car like ours, Miss Reed would have made an indelible impression.

Both my family and hers seem to have had a continual presence in both Greenville and New Orleans, from the 1880s, until 2005 (Katrina blew the last of our New Orleans cousins up to Aspen, where they remain). And while the good end of Greenville has a road named after her forebears, an addition to the city on the WRONG side of town was built and named (after himself, with streets named after plantations he'd flipped), by my Grandfather.

But my impression is that Reeds were enjoying a period of nouveaux richesse, at a time when OUR lot in life was still to be slogging through a period of nouvelle pauvreté. I think that the Reeds were flush with towboat money, while my elders were still valiantly working to regain what had been lost during the Cotton Panic of '25.

Growing up on the "hard end of the leveraging fulcrum" warped my worldview toward the puritanical end of the pendulum's swing. Her childhood experiences seem to have skewed Miss Reed's relationship with life toward the Cavalier. It's just as well that we seem not to have met.

The Whole Foods store we experienced was, as I remember it, a bit beyond River Bend. And I DO remember it being near the tracks. Esplanade DOES die into Carrolton, which eventually dies into the railroad tracks by the river, where Uptown becomes River Bend. I remember humble houses, and a glorious stand of yellow Four-O'-Clock flowers, across the street from the grocery, along with a magnificent thicket of Tibouchina.

Thank you for the praise, Messick! But I sound, and write, like most of the people in our little 'pod' of friends from college. We were in each other's study groups, reared our children collectively, and now sit on each other's boards. We're frequently mistaken for one another, which is just as well.








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