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Safety in Jackson

Jackson ranks T#19 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 86 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 87th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Mississippi.

safety score
86
Exceptional
National rank
T#19 of 134
In Mississippi
#1 of 1
Percentile
87th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Jackson sits 36 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Jackson

  1. #17 Sedona, AZ 88
  2. #18 Santa Ana, CA 87
  3. T#19 Jackson, MS — this page 86
  4. #21 Chesapeake, VA 85
  5. #22 Henderson, NV 84

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Jackson

Jackson scores 25 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: