Photo: J.gadbois · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Pascagoula runs higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Annual rates stand at 3.2 violent crimes and 44.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.7 and 21.1 in the rest of Mississippi. On the record of crimes Pascagoula’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #43 of 45 graded towns in Mississippi. Per resident, the graded crimes were up 9% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 75% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 97%.
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 Pascagoula
A job center
Pascagoula has 21,709 jobs based in town for 21,409 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Pascagoula’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Crime in Pascagoula per 1,000 residents
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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
Show as a table
| Year | Pascagoula property | Rest of Mississippi property | Pascagoula violent | Rest of Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 45.5 | 24.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 41.2 | 24.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 48.7 | 21.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 42.9 | 18.7 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Mississippi.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Pascagoula | Rest of Mississippi | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pascagoula’s police reported 208 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.7 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,008 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.
91 violent and 917 property, as reported to the FBI by Pascagoula’s police.
14 people died in crashes on Pascagoula’s roads in 2019–2023
Pascagoula had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 12.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Pascagoula and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula | D | 3.2 | 44.3 |
| Moss Point | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Moss Point has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Mississippi towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula | D | 3.2 | 44.3 |
| Hernando | A− | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| Starkville | C+ | 0.7 | 20.9 |
| Gautier | C | 2.5 | 20.1 |
| Vicksburg | D | 6.4 | 37.2 |
| Laurel | D− | 9.4 | 38.7 |
The five graded Mississippi towns closest to Pascagoula’s population (21,409), by grade.
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 Pascagoula. 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 Pascagoula’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,355 in 2025); our figure for Pascagoula is 21,409 (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 Pascagoula
Is Pascagoula, MS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pascagoula reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #43 of 45 in Mississippi. Its police reported 3.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.7 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Pascagoula?
3.2 violent and 44.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Mississippi reports 2.7 and 21.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Pascagoula?
Pascagoula’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pascagoula”. 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.