Mississippi’s safest cities

WEST POINT, Miss. – The National Council for Home Safety and Security’s Safest City in Mississippi list indicates that Petal is No. 1. Among some of the other Top 10 cities was Oxford, Olive Branch and the Golden Triangle’s West Point. The cities were listed based on recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics and other research. Cities were ranked based on the number of reported violent crimes and property crimes per 1,000 people. (Source: WCBI 02/14/18)