Fort Massachusetts · Photo: Edibobb · CC BY 3.0Long Beach reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Long Beach’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #5 of 45 graded towns in Mississippi.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MS” is every other Mississippi city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Long Beach
Long Beach reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Mississippi towns on Long Beach’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pass Christian (B+). Gulfport reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Mississippi towns, higher
Mississippi’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Long Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 89% of the 45 Mississippi towns we grade, against 71% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Long Beach’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Long Beach’s police reported 25 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Long Beach | Rest of Mississippi | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Mississippi.
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| Year | Long Beach property | Rest of Mississippi property | Long Beach violent | Rest of Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.5 | 25.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 10.5 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 22.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 7.0 | 19.3 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
129 crimes reported in 2025
8 violent and 121 property, as reported to the FBI by Long Beach’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Long Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Long Beach had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Mississippi towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (11.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Long Beach’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Long Beach’s own rate (4.7) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Long Beach and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | B+ | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Gulfport | — | — | — |
| Pass Christian | B+ | 0.1 | 12.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Gulfport reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
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 Long Beach. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Long Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,321 in 2025); our figure for Long Beach is 17,309 (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 Long Beach
Is Long Beach, MS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Long Beach reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #5 of 45 in Mississippi. Its police reported 0.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Long Beach?
0.5 violent and 9.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Mississippi reports 2.8 and 21.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Long Beach?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Long Beach safer than Pass Christian?
Pass Christian reports more crime per resident than Long Beach: Pass Christian grades B+ for safety and Long Beach B+. Pass Christian’s police reported 0.1 violent and 12.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Long Beach?
Long Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Long Beach”. 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.