Jackson Free Press logo

This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
Note that any opinions expressed in legacy Jackson Free Press stories do not reflect a position of the Mississippi Free Press or necessarily of its staff and board members.

A DART patrol car parked on West Street in downtown Jackson. Credit: Trip Burns

The following is a summary of 2015 crime data from the Jackson Police Department:

8,931 total felony crimes, 2014

7,432 total felony crimes (17 percent reduction)

1,499 fewer total felony crimes

20 percent reduction in property crimes (42 fewer)

2.5 percent reduction in violent crimes (1,457 fewer)

Precinct 1: -6.6 percent (134 fewer crimes)

Precinct 2: -23.0 percent (610 fewer crimes)

Precinct 3: -5.7 percent (100 fewer crimes)

Precinct 4: -26.2 percent (655 fewer crimes)

By Offense

Auto Burglary: -19.7 percent (528 fewer)

Auto Theft: -11.4 percent (129 fewer)

Business Burglary: -5.0 percent (26 fewer)

Grand Larceny: -48.3 percent (250 fewer)

House Burglary: -21.9 percent (524 fewer)

Aggravated Assault: -5.2 percent (32 fewer)

Armed Robbery: -3.9 percent (30 fewer)

Carjacking: +7.0 percent (9 more)

Homicides: -11.7 (68 in 2014; 58 in 2015)

Rape: +15.4 (18 more)

Total Calls for Service: 223,654

Precinct 1: 61,353

Precinct 2: 60,639

Precinct 3: 49,445

Precinct 4: 52,217

Total Arrests: 11,936

Felony 1,242

Misdemeanor: 10,031

DUI 663

Total citations: 75,064

Internal/External Internal Affairs complaints

2015: 313

2014: 316

2013: 420

*All numbers 2015 unless otherwise noted

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.