Safety · Olive Branch
Olive Branch, MS crime & safety
Olive Branch's reported crime rate is below Mississippi's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 83 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Olive Branch compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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B−
Olive Branch’s Safety Grade: B-
Olive Branch reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 55% report less.
B-Violent crimeC+Property crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 45%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Mississippi towns we grade (47)Safer than 57%
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,259)Safer than 57%
Good confidence. Built on 2,229 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Olive Branch anywhere from C+ to B-.
How the Safety Grade works
- One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in MS ranking.
- Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
- Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
- Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
- What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025
Olive Branch at a glance
Violent crime
1.7
per 1,000 residents · Mississippi 2.2
Property crime
10.3
per 1,000 residents · Mississippi 13.1
Incidents reported
574
83 violent · 491 property
Since 2022
▼ 45%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
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Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Olive Branch property | Mississippi property | Olive Branch violent | Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 13.1 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
383
Burglary
28
Vehicle theft
80
Aggravated assault
58
Robbery
9
Rape
14
Homicide
2
Arson
2
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Olive Branch safe
Local public safety
👮 Olive Branch Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Nearby
Olive Branch and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Branch | B- | 1.7 | 10.3 | 2025 |
| Southaven | C- | 2.7 | 16.5 | 2025 |
| Memphis | D- | 18.5 | 49.7 | 2025 |
| Collierville | B- | 1.7 | 10.1 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Bridgetown.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 47,600, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.