Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime in Moss Point: the figures, without a grade
The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Moss Point has none for 2023–2025. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Pascagoula, 5 miles away, graded D. Inside a 10-mile circle sit 2 graded neighbors.
The nearest Mississippi towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula | D | 5 mi | 3.2 | 44.3 |
| Gautier | C | 8 mi | 2.5 | 20.1 |
| D'Iberville | D | 22 mi | 0.8 | 48.6 |
| Biloxi | D | 24 mi | 3.7 | 30.8 |
| Long Beach | B+ | 38 mi | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Pass Christian | B+ | 43 mi | 0.1 | 12.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Moss Point. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Moss Point.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
12 people died in crashes on Moss Point’s roads in 2019–2023
Moss Point had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 20.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Mississippi towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.6, 52 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.
Moss Point and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula | D | 3.2 | 44.3 |
| Escatawpa | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Escatawpa 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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Moss Point
Is Moss Point, MS safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Moss Point. Moss Point has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Mississippi towns with a grade are Pascagoula (D, 5 mi), Gautier (C, 8 mi), D'Iberville (D, 22 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Moss Point.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.