Port Allen, LA is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 273% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Port Allen, LA shows violent crime at 1,312.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,420 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 273% 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
1312.6/100K violent
2420/100K property
+273% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Port Allen, LA
Comparable rate records
Port Allen's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Louisiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Port Allen's 1312.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Winnfield (1294.7), Opelousas (1369.3), Shreveport (1228.5), 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
Port Allen reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Louisiana cities
At 1312.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Port Allen ranks 10 of 66 — above 56 of the 65 other Louisiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +209.6% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 35.2% of the 182 Part I offenses reported in Port Allen for 2024, against a median of 18.4% across comparable Louisiana cities — a gap of 16.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1703.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1312.6 in 2024 (-23.0%). The highest observed value was 1703.9 in 2020 and the lowest 979.8 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Port Allen'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.
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.
Port Allen's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.8 Census sq mi, Port Allen logged 41.6 property and 22.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Port Allen leans on larceny-theft at 54% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,985.
Violent offenses are 35% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a small city.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.8 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
+34%
979.8 → 1312.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+12.9%
2143.3 → 2420/100K
Property offenses lead Port Allen's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs LA
Property Crime
118
2420
1711
1772.7
Larceny-Theft
98
2009.8
-
-
Burglary
13
266.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
7
143.6
-
-
Arson
1
20.5
-
-
Violent Crime
64
1312.6
352
410
Aggravated Assault
58
1189.5
-
-
Rape
3
61.5
-
-
Murder
2
41
-
-
Robbery
1
20.5
-
-
Port Allen Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Port Allen 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
Port Allen Police Department
Reporting agency for Port Allen NIBRS-participating
Port Allen Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Port Allen's 182 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 Port Allen in population. Their populations run from 3,862 to 5,638, against 4,876 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Port Allen reported 64 violent crimes and 118 property crimes, for a total of 182 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Port Allen?
From 2023 to 2024, Port Allen's violent crime rate increased by 34%, and the property crime rate increased by 12.9%.
What is the most common crime in Port Allen?
The most common crime type in Port Allen is larceny-theft, accounting for 53.8% of all reported crimes (98 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Port Allen 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 Port Allen, LA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.