Bogalusa, LA is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 221% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bogalusa, LA shows violent crime at 1,131.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,213.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 221% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
1131.5/100K violent
4213.8/100K property
+221% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bogalusa, LA
Comparable rate records
Bogalusa's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Louisiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bogalusa's 1131.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are West Monroe (1156.2), Farmerville (1073.6), Lafayette (1066.1), Plaquemine (1215.2). 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
Bogalusa reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Louisiana cities
At 1131.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bogalusa ranks 15 of 66 — above 51 of the 65 other Louisiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +166.9% against the cohort median of 423.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1689.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1131.5 in 2024 (-33.0%). The highest observed value was 1689.0 in 2020 and the lowest 1131.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Bogalusa'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.
Bogalusa's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.5 Census sq mi, Bogalusa logged 45.4 property and 12.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Bogalusa leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,853.
Violent offenses are 21% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.5 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
-8%
1230.5 → 1131.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+1.1%
4166.3 → 4213.8/100K
Property offenses lead Bogalusa's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs LA
Property Crime
432
4213.8
1711
1772.7
Larceny-Theft
310
3023.8
-
-
Burglary
88
858.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
34
331.6
-
-
Arson
2
19.5
-
-
Violent Crime
116
1131.5
352
410
Aggravated Assault
103
1004.7
-
-
Rape
9
87.8
-
-
Robbery
3
29.3
-
-
Murder
1
9.8
-
-
Bogalusa Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Bogalusa 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
Bogalusa Police Department
Reporting agency for Bogalusa NIBRS-participating
Bogalusa Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Bogalusa's 548 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 Louisiana
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Louisiana cities closest to Bogalusa in population. Their populations run from 8,596 to 11,641, against 10,252 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Bogalusa reported 116 violent crimes and 432 property crimes, for a total of 548 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bogalusa?
From 2023 to 2024, Bogalusa's violent crime rate decreased by 8%, and the property crime rate increased by 1.1%.
What is the most common crime in Bogalusa?
The most common crime type in Bogalusa is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.6% of all reported crimes (310 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Bogalusa 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 Bogalusa, LA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.