Wiggins, MS Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Wiggins, MS Summary

Crime in Wiggins research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Wiggins 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 Wiggins:

  • There were 155 total crimes committed in Wiggins the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,584.6 total crimes per 100K people in Wiggins.
  • The overall crime rate in Wiggins is 54.23% above the national average.
  • Wiggins ranks #70 safest out of 91 cities in Mississippi.
  • Wiggins ranks #8,676 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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Wiggins Vs Mississippi And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wiggins is 3,584.6 per 100,000 people. That's 54.23% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 49.81% higher than the Mississippi total crime rate of 2,392.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wiggins
/ 100k People
Mississippi
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 155 3,584.6 2,392.8 2,324.2
Murder 1 23.1 10.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 47.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 2 46.3 194.0 268.2
Violent Crime 4 92.5 291.2 369.8
Burglary 38 878.8 488.3 269.8
Larceny 106 2,451.4 1,408.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 7 161.9 205.0 282.7
Property Crime 151 3,492.1 2,101.6 1,954.4

Wiggins 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 Wiggins

4
Violent Crimes
92.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-74.98%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in Wiggins in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wiggins is 92.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,081.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wiggins each year. That compares to a 1 in 343.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -74.98% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -68.23% lower than the Mississippi violent crime rate of 291.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wiggins

151
Property Crimes
3,492.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
78.68%
Above The National Average
  • There were 151 property crimes in Wiggins in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wiggins is 3,492.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 28.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wiggins each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 78.68% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 66.16% higher than the Mississippi property crime rate of 2,101.6 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wiggins

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
Ocean Springs, MS 18,361 434 2,363.7 2,265.7 98.0
Long Beach, MS 16,944 271 1,599.4 1,552.2 47.2
D'Iberville, MS 14,234 744 5,226.9 5,156.7 70.3
Petal, MS 11,580 57 492.2 423.1 69.1
Bogalusa, LA 10,461 609 5,821.6 4,445.1 1,376.5
Poplarville, MS 2,808 33 1,175.2 997.2 178.1
Purvis, MS 1,951 24 1,230.1 1,025.1 205.0

Wiggins SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
6
Education
3
Commute
8
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