Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2022
Ocean Springs, MS Crime Grade
How Ocean Springs grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Mississippi — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Mississippi
3/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2022, the violent crime rate in Ocean Springs, MS was 98.0 per 100,000 residents (18 incidents over a population of 18,361). That puts Ocean Springs 75% below the U.S. rate of 398.1 and 60% below the Mississippi statewide rate of 247.0.
That ranks Ocean Springs #1,119 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 70% of them, and #11 of 38 in Mississippi. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and down 52% over the last five years.
Ocean Springs, MS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Mississippi Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 98.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,119 of 3,771
- MS rank
- #11 of 38
- Safer than
- 70% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- down 52%
- Population
- 18,361
- Reporting agency
- Ocean Springs Police Department
- Data year
- 2022 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ocean Springs Police Department (FBI ORI MS0300200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ocean Springs, MS
Also known as
- Vieux Biloxi
- Old Biloxi
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ocean Springs (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ocean Springs vs. U.S., 2022 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 203.1(36) | 128.8(23) | 72.6(13) | 95.3(17) | 98.0(18) |
| Murder | 5.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.4(1) |
| Rape | 11.3(2) | 22.4(4) | 0.0(0) | 11.2(2) | 16.3(3) |
| Robbery | 62.1(11) | 22.4(4) | 16.7(3) | 28.0(5) | 27.2(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 124.1(22) | 84.0(15) | 55.8(10) | 56.1(10) | 49.0(9) |
| Property crime | 3339.7(592) | 2759.7(493) | 2528.3(453) | 2315.9(413) | 2303.8(423) |
| Burglary | 389.3(69) | 375.1(67) | 301.4(54) | 213.1(38) | 190.6(35) |
| Larceny | 2730.5(484) | 2183.2(390) | 2053.9(368) | 1901.0(339) | 1917.1(352) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 203.1(36) | 195.9(35) | 173.0(31) | 190.7(34) | 157.9(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ocean Springs, MS Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Ocean Springs Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Ocean Springs calculated?
- Ocean Springs's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Mississippi state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Mississippi cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Ocean Springs Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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