Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
The crime rate in Fulton is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 29 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Fulton is 1 in 34. Based on FBI crime data, Fulton is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Mississippi, Fulton has a crime rate that is higher than 85% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.
Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 4,503, Fulton has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Fulton does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Fulton.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Fulton does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Fulton.
For Fulton, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Fulton than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2252, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Fulton is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Fulton, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 35, which is a rate of 29 per one thousand population.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
2 |
130 |
132 |
Crime Rate
|
0.44 |
28.87 |
29.31 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 8 | 113 | 9 |
Rate per 1,000 | 1.78 | 25.09 | 2.00 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |