West Monroe, LA is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 228% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Monroe, LA shows violent crime at 1,156.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 5,886.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 228% 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
1156.2/100K violent
5886.2/100K property
+228% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Monroe, LA
Comparable rate records
West Monroe's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Louisiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Monroe's 1156.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bogalusa (1131.5), Plaquemine (1215.2), Shreveport (1228.5), Farmerville (1073.6). 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
West Monroe reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Louisiana cities
At 1156.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Monroe ranks 14 of 66 — above 52 of the 65 other Louisiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +172.8% 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 1640.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1156.2 in 2024 (-29.5%). The highest observed value was 1985.2 in 2021 and the lowest 1156.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate West Monroe'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.
West Monroe's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8 Census sq mi, West Monroe logged 90.7 property and 17.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
West Monroe's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 871 offenses; mix index 4,495).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (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
-14.9%
1359.2 → 1156.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-1.4%
5967.5 → 5886.2/100K
Property offenses lead West Monroe's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs LA
Property Crime
728
5886.2
1711
1772.7
Larceny-Theft
558
4511.6
-
-
Burglary
122
986.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
48
388.1
-
-
Arson
1
8.1
-
-
Violent Crime
143
1156.2
352
410
Aggravated Assault
109
881.3
-
-
Robbery
19
153.6
-
-
Rape
14
113.2
-
-
Murder
1
8.1
-
-
West Monroe Crime Trend (2020-2024)
West Monroe 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
West Monroe Police Department
Reporting agency for West Monroe NIBRS-participating
West Monroe Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Monroe's 871 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 West Monroe in population. Their populations run from 10,252 to 14,259, against 12,368 here. Or use our
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West Monroe at 1,156.2/100K violent and 5,886.2/100K property - matched below outside Louisiana (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, West Monroe reported 143 violent crimes and 728 property crimes, for a total of 871 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Monroe?
From 2023 to 2024, West Monroe's violent crime rate decreased by 14.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 1.4%.
What is the most common crime in West Monroe?
The most common crime type in West Monroe is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.1% of all reported crimes (558 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Monroe 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 West Monroe, LA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.