The city of Hattiesburg, with a total population of 47,116, experienced 8,260 arrests over the past three years. During 2017, the arrest rate totaled 476.06 per 10,000 residents. This represents a 50.39% difference making Hattiesburg higher than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. Of those, 130 were for violent crimes such as murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Hattiesburg also handled 2,113 arrests for property crimes during 2017.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 40.9%, the least crimes have committed people between 61-70 - 1.4%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to Black race, whilst the least arrests had American Indian race.
The city of Hattiesburg experienced a higher rate of non-violent crime. During 2017, Hattiesburg totaled 130 violent crimes and 2,113 non-violent crimes.
During 2007-2017, Hattiesburg experienced 1,267 violent crimes. Of those, 48 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, 64 were for revised rape, another 97 were for legacy rape, 544 were for robbery, and 514 were for aggravated assault.