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Bay St. Louis, MS crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 36 per one thousand residents, Bay St. Louis has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 28. Within Mississippi, more than 91% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Bay St. Louis.

Importantly, when you compare Bay St. Louis to other communities of similar population, then Bay St. Louis crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Bay St. Louis does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Bay St. Louis does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Bay St. Louis.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Bay St. Louis's violent crime rate is 2 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Bay St. Louis is one in 589.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Bay St. Louis experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Bay St. Louis is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Bay St. Louis, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 29, which is a rate of 34 per one thousand population.

Bay St. Louis Crime Data

total Crime Index

7

(100 is safest)


Safer than 7% of U.S. cities.

Bay St. Louis Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

18

360

378

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

1.70

33.98

35.67

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
1.7
2.45
National Median: 4
    Bay St. Louis
    Mississippi

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 589

in Bay St. Louis

1 in 408

in Mississippi

Bay St. Louis Violent Crimes

Population: 10,596
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 2 2 6 8
Rate per 1,000 0.19 0.19 0.57 0.76

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
33.98
17.47
National Median: 20
    Bay St. Louis
    Mississippi

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 29

in Bay St. Louis

1 in 57

in Mississippi

Property Crimes

Population: 10,596
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 82 252 26
Rate per 1,000 7.74 23.78 2.45

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Bay St. Louis Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
24
13
National Median: 27.0
    Bay St. Louis
    Mississippi

Zip Codes in Bay St. Louis, MS