Raymond has an overall crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Raymond is 1 in 139. How does Raymond fare compared to other communities in Mississippi of all population sizes? Raymond's crime rate is lower than approximately 53% of Mississippi communities.

How does the crime rate in Raymond compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Raymond with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Raymond's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

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

For Raymond, 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 Raymond than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1387, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Raymond; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 6 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.