Photo: Woodlot · CC BY-SA 3.0Gulfport has no Safety Grade
The closest graded town is Long Beach, 7 miles away, at B+. Gulfport’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Nearby, 2 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade.
For every 1,000 residents, about 34 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Gulfport’s police reported
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| Year | Gulfport | Rest of Mississippi | Gulfport | Rest of Mississippi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 25.1 | not reported | 2.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 24.5 | not reported | 2.5 |
| 2024 | not reported | 22.1 | not reported | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 34.4 | 18.0 | 7.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Mississippi. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
3,169 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
589 violent and 2,580 property, as reported to the FBI by Gulfport’s police.
The nearest Mississippi towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | B+ | 7 mi | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Biloxi | D | 8 mi | 3.7 | 30.8 |
| D'Iberville | D | 10 mi | 0.8 | 48.6 |
| Pass Christian | B+ | 12 mi | 0.1 | 12.9 |
| Bay St. Louis | C | 19 mi | 1.0 | 23.7 |
| Waveland | C+ | 21 mi | 0.5 | 20.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Gulfport. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Gulfport.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
44 people died in crashes on Gulfport’s roads in 2019–2023
Gulfport had 43 fatal crashes in five years, in which 44 people died; 12 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 12.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Mississippi towns of 25,000–100,000 people (11.4, 15 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Gulfport and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi | D | 3.7 | 30.8 |
| Long Beach | B+ | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Lyman | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lyman is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Gulfport. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Gulfport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (75,068 in 2025); our figure for Gulfport is 76,506 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Gulfport
Is Gulfport, MS safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Gulfport. The nearest Mississippi towns with a grade are Long Beach (B+, 7 mi), Biloxi (D, 8 mi), D'Iberville (D, 10 mi).
Who polices Gulfport?
Gulfport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Gulfport”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.