Louisiana, MO carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 56% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Louisiana, MO shows violent crime at 153.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 889 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 56% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
153.3/100K violent
889/100K property
-56% vs U.S.
The verdict
Louisiana earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 56% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-56%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
56th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
889
property crimes per 100K
Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,262. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Louisiana, MO
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Louisiana reported 5 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,262. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 313.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 153.3 in 2024 (-51.1%). The highest observed value was 370.1 in 2023 and the lowest 122.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Louisiana's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Louisiana's 153.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Advance (150.3), Brentwood (149.6), Lee's Summit (149.4), Raymore (149.3). 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
Louisiana sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 153.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Louisiana ranks 158 of 272 — above 114 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -19.3% against the cohort median of 190.0. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Louisiana'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.
Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,262. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-58.6%
370.1 → 153.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-26.1%
1203 → 889/100K
Property offenses lead Louisiana's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
29
889
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
22
674.4
-
Burglary
5
153.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
61.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
5
153.3
463.3
Aggravated Assault
4
122.6
-
Rape
1
30.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Louisiana Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Louisiana property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
889/100K↓26.1%vs 2023
Louisiana violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
153.3/100K↓58.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,191
313.4
1754.9
66
2021
Comparable
3,206
187.1
1809.1
64
2022
Comparable
3,265
122.5
1163.9
42
2023
Comparable
3,242
370.1
1203
51
2024
Comparable
3,262
153.3
889
34
How Louisiana sits among MO peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Louisiana Police Department NIBRS-participating
Louisiana's crime figures on this page originate from Louisiana Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Missouri
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Missouri cities closest to Louisiana in population. Their populations run from 3,014 to 3,594, against 3,262 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Missouri cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Louisiana's 153.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Louisiana has a violent crime rate of 153.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 889 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Louisiana, MO safe? ▼
Louisiana receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 77/100. The violent crime rate is 56% below the national average and 67% below the Missouri average.
What is the population of Louisiana, MO? ▼
The reporting population for Louisiana is 3,262 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Louisiana? ▼
In 2024, Louisiana reported 5 violent crimes and 29 property crimes, for a total of 34 reported offenses.
How do Louisiana's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Louisiana recorded about one reported offense per 96 residents and one reported violent offense per 652 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Louisiana? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Louisiana's violent crime rate decreased by 58.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 26.1%.
What is the most common crime in Louisiana? ▼
The most common crime type in Louisiana is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.7% of all reported crimes (22 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Louisiana is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Louisiana, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.