Shubuta is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (69%) and also has a lower crime rate than 64% of the communities in Mississippi, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Shubuta is one in 65 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 44.

However, when you compare Shubuta to other communities of similar population, then Shubuta crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Shubuta does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Shubuta 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 Shubuta.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Shubuta occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Shubuta; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 390. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Shubuta's rate for property crime is 13 per one thousand population. This makes Shubuta a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Shubuta is one in 78.