FBI arson data · 2024
Mississippi Arson
141 arson offenses were reported by 300 Mississippi law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.4% of the national total. The most was reported by Laurel Police Department (13).
Mississippi agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Police Department | City | Jones County | 13 |
| Lee County Sheriff's Office | County | Lee County | 8 |
| Panola County Sheriff's Office | County | Panola County | 8 |
| Harrison County Sheriff's Office | County | Harrison County | 7 |
| Tupelo Police Department | City | Lee County | 6 |
| Vicksburg Police Department | City | Warren County | 6 |
| Hattiesburg Police Department | City | Forrest County | 5 |
| Pike County Sheriff's Office | County | Pike County | 5 |
| Corinth Police Department | City | Alcorn County | 4 |
| Clinton Police Department | City | Hinds County | 4 |
| Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office | County | Oktibbeha County | 4 |
| Batesville Police Department | City | Panola County | 4 |
| Walthall County Sheriff's Office | County | Walthall County | 4 |
| Lucedale Police Department | City | George County | 3 |
| Hancock County Sheriff's Office | County | Hancock County | 3 |
| Pascagoula Police Department | City | Jackson County | 3 |
| Pearl River County Sheriff's Office | County | Pearl River County | 3 |
| Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office | County | Pontotoc County | 3 |
| Copiah County Sheriff's Office | County | Copiah County | 2 |
| Southaven Police Department | City | DeSoto County | 2 |
| George County Sheriff's Office | County | George County | 2 |
| Grenada County Sheriff's Office | County | Grenada County | 2 |
| Monroe County Sheriff's Office | County | Monroe County | 2 |
| Starkville Police Department | City | Oktibbeha County | 2 |
| Pontotoc | Unknown | — | 2 |
Mississippi arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Mississippi arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Mississippi in 2024?+
141 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 300 Mississippi law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 54 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Mississippi?+
Laurel Police Department, with 13 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Jones County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Mississippi?+
Mississippi's 141 reported arsons were 0.4% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.