Pascagoula, MS is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a D PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 7% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Pascagoula, MS shows violent crime at 326.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,870.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 7% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
326.3/100K violent
4870.7/100K property
-7% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Pascagoula, MS
Comparable rate records
Pascagoula's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Mississippi cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Pascagoula's 326.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ridgeland (319.6), Bay Springs (316.7), Batesville (343.8), Wiggins (305.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Pascagoula sits mid-pack among comparable Mississippi cities
At 326.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Pascagoula ranks 17 of 63 — above 46 of the 62 other Mississippi cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +74.7% against the cohort median of 186.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.3% of the 1,115 Part I offenses reported in Pascagoula for 2024, against a median of 11.2% across comparable Mississippi cities — a gap of 4.9 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 309.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 326.3 in 2024 (+5.3%). The highest observed value was 414.1 in 2022 and the lowest 223.3 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Pascagoula's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Pascagoula's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 15.4 Census sq mi, Pascagoula logged 68 property and 4.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Pascagoula's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 1,115 offenses; mix index 5,674).
Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (15.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+46.1%
223.3 → 326.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
+17.9%
4131.8 → 4870.7/100K
Property offenses lead Pascagoula's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MS
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,045
4870.7
952.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
824
3840.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
111
517.4
-
-
Burglary
110
512.7
-
-
Arson
3
14
-
-
Violent Crime
70
326.3
142.7
352
Aggravated Assault
39
181.8
-
-
Rape
18
83.9
-
-
Robbery
12
55.9
-
-
Murder
1
4.7
-
-
Pascagoula Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Pascagoula property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Pascagoula Police Department
Reporting agency for Pascagoula NIBRS-participating
Pascagoula Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Pascagoula's 1,115 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Mississippi
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In 2024, Pascagoula reported 70 violent crimes and 1,045 property crimes, for a total of 1,115 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Pascagoula?
From 2023 to 2024, Pascagoula's violent crime rate increased by 46.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 17.9%.
What is the most common crime in Pascagoula?
The most common crime type in Pascagoula is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.9% of all reported crimes (824 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Pascagoula figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Pascagoula, MS rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.