Long Beach, MS Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Long Beach, MS Summary

Crime in Long Beach research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Long Beach over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Long Beach:

  • There were 271 total crimes committed in Long Beach the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,599.4 total crimes per 100K people in Long Beach.
  • The overall crime rate in Long Beach is -31.19% below the national average.
  • Long Beach ranks #32 safest out of 91 cities in Mississippi.
  • Long Beach ranks #5,596 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Long Beach Vs Mississippi And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Long Beach is 1,599.4 per 100,000 people. That's -31.19% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -33.16% lower than the Mississippi total crime rate of 2,392.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Long Beach
/ 100k People
Mississippi
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 271 1,599.4 2,392.8 2,324.2
Murder 1 5.9 10.6 6.3
Robbery 3 17.7 47.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 4 23.6 194.0 268.2
Violent Crime 8 47.2 291.2 369.8
Burglary 54 318.7 488.3 269.8
Larceny 189 1,115.4 1,408.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 20 118.0 205.0 282.7
Property Crime 263 1,552.2 2,101.6 1,954.4

Long Beach Crime Compared To Mississippi Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Mississippi.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Long Beach

8
Violent Crimes
47.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-87.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Long Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Long Beach is 47.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,118.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Long Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 343.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -87.23% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -83.78% lower than the Mississippi violent crime rate of 291.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Long Beach

263
Property Crimes
1,552.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-20.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 263 property crimes in Long Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Long Beach is 1,552.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 64.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Long Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -20.58% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -26.14% lower than the Mississippi property crime rate of 2,101.6 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Long Beach

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Gulfport, MS 71,803 3,419 4,761.6 4,334.1 427.6
Biloxi, MS 46,317 2,547 5,499.1 5,108.3 390.8
D'Iberville, MS 14,234 744 5,226.9 5,156.7 70.3
Bay St. Louis, MS 10,591 378 3,569.1 3,399.1 170.0
Waveland, MS 6,920 106 1,531.8 1,459.5 72.3
Pass Christian, MS 6,032 139 2,304.4 2,287.8 16.6

Long Beach SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
8
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