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The Jackson Police Department released its overview of major crimes for the period between October 31, 2011 and November 6, 2011.

No. this week: 213
No. last week: 194
Percent change: 4.6 percent

Same period last year : 223
Percent change from same period last year: -9 percent

Past 28 days: 788
Past 28 days 2010: 891
Percent change: -11.6 percent

Total year-to-date: 10,122
Last year-to-date:10,656
Percent change: -5 percent

Read the full report: Major Crimes Overview

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.