Louisiana Crime Grades A-F (2024)

Statewide grade C

61 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 44/100 (Average).

What is Louisiana’s crime safety grade?

Louisiana earned an overall safety grade of C (score: 44/100, Average) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 410 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 1772.7 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 61 Louisiana cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.

Across the 61 graded Louisiana cities, 1 earned A+, 7 earned A, 5 received B, 11 landed at C, 10 received D, and 27 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Haughton with an A+ grade (score: 94/100, violent rate 45.4/100K). The lowest-rated city is Alexandria with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 2713.5/100K).

Roughly 13% of graded cities in Louisiana achieved an A or A+ rating, while 61% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between Louisiana and other states on the site.

A safety grade condenses several FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) measures into a single letter, ranking each state's violent and property crime rates against the national distribution rather than a fixed cutoff. A high grade therefore means a state compares well to its peers in a given year, not that it is free of crime. Grades move as the underlying rates move and as agency reporting completeness shifts from year to year. Two states with the same letter can have very different profiles: one may carry a higher violent-crime rate offset by low property crime, the other the reverse. Use the grade as a quick orientation, then read the component rates beneath it to see what is actually driving the number for this state.

A+

1 cities

7 cities

5 cities

11 cities

10 cities

27 cities

Haughton

45
Rayne

72
Harahan

105
Blanchard

120
Lake Arthur

156
Addis

141
Erath

207
Mandeville

130

What this shows Haughton reports the lowest violent-crime rate in Louisiana. At 45.4 per 100K, it runs well below the Louisiana average of 410. These eight cities anchor the safe end of the state.

#	Grade	City	Score	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Population
1	A+	Haughton	94	45.4/100K	204.5/100K	4,401
2	A	Rayne	85	72.4/100K	882.8/100K	6,910
3	A	Harahan	83	104.7/100K	721.3/100K	8,596
4	A	Blanchard	83	119.7/100K	568.7/100K	3,341
5	A	Lake Arthur	83	156.4/100K	156.4/100K	2,557
6	A	Addis	80	141.1/100K	692.6/100K	7,797
7	A	Erath	77	206.7/100K	310.1/100K	1,935
8	A	Mandeville	76	130.2/100K	1233.4/100K	13,053
9	B	Covington	74	171.8/100K	1013.7/100K	11,641
10	B	Springhill	72	180.8/100K	1107.6/100K	4,424
11	B	Gramercy	69	222.4/100K	1037.8/100K	2,698
12	B	Patterson	68	270.3/100K	540.5/100K	5,550
13	B	Broussard	62	194.6/100K	2153.5/100K	14,906
14	C	De Ridder	58	294.2/100K	1450/100K	9,517
15	C	Oak Grove	56	296.1/100K	1702.4/100K	1,351
16	C	Westlake	55	284.4/100K	1903.3/100K	4,571
17	C	Slidell	54	256.6/100K	2284.8/100K	28,449
18	C	Haynesville	54	367.6/100K	1102.9/100K	1,904
19	C	Tallulah	51	461.2/100K	337/100K	5,638
20	C	Zachary	49	332.6/100K	2020.7/100K	20,142
21	C	Thibodaux	48	257/100K	2975.2/100K	15,562
22	C	Baker	45	402.2/100K	1743.1/100K	11,933
23	C	Kenner	41	344.7/100K	2832.8/100K	62,377
24	C	Carencro	41	414.7/100K	2023.6/100K	13,985
25	D	Westwego	39	423.9/100K	2094.5/100K	8,021
26	D	Ponchatoula	38	449.6/100K	1978.4/100K	7,784
27	D	Sulphur	37	375.8/100K	2916.6/100K	19,955
28	D	Vidalia	37	396/100K	2745.5/100K	3,788
29	D	Gonzales	34	364.7/100K	3934.4/100K	14,259
30	D	Greenwood	34	390.2/100K	3089.4/100K	3,075
31	D	Ruston	32	426.8/100K	2956.1/100K	22,259
32	D	Krotz Springs	32	453/100K	2604.8/100K	883
33	D	Gretna	27	428.9/100K	3800.3/100K	16,788
34	D	Plain Dealing	25	3092.8/100K	572.7/100K	873
35	F	Church Point	22	803.6/100K	879/100K	3,982
36	F	Morgan City	20	551.4/100K	2831.5/100K	10,701
37	F	Scott	20	661.7/100K	1637.3/100K	8,917
38	F	Lake Charles	17	613/100K	2469.8/100K	77,982
39	F	Iowa	13	1429/100K	1894.3/100K	3,009
40	F	Farmerville	9	1073.6/100K	2423.3/100K	3,260
41	F	Port Allen	9	1312.6/100K	2420/100K	4,876
42	F	Minden	8	796.4/100K	2533.9/100K	11,050
43	F	White Castle	7	1576.3/100K	2648.2/100K	1,586
44	F	Vinton	4	863.5/100K	2989/100K	3,011
45	F	New Iberia	3	1009.3/100K	3125.4/100K	26,653
46	F	Walker	2	703.3/100K	3188.5/100K	6,398
47	F	Jennings	1	1007.6/100K	3347.8/100K	9,230
48	F	Plaquemine	1	1215.2/100K	3291.1/100K	5,925
49	F	Natchitoches	0	891.1/100K	4384.8/100K	16,945
50	F	Bossier City	0	913.1/100K	3679.7/100K	62,750
51	F	Lafayette	0	1066.1/100K	4347.5/100K	121,471
52	F	Bogalusa	0	1131.5/100K	4213.8/100K	10,252
53	F	West Monroe	0	1156.2/100K	5886.2/100K	12,368
54	F	Shreveport	0	1228.5/100K	3990.5/100K	175,092
55	F	Winnfield	0	1294.7/100K	4660.8/100K	3,862
56	F	Opelousas	0	1369.3/100K	5018.7/100K	15,263
57	F	Bastrop	0	1421.7/100K	4833.9/100K	8,792
58	F	Independence	0	1571/100K	5317.2/100K	1,655
59	F	Marksville	0	1848/100K	3569.9/100K	4,762
60	F	Monroe	0	1892.4/100K	5733.4/100K	46,290
61	F	Alexandria	0	2713.5/100K	6596.3/100K	42,933

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Louisiana's overall crime safety grade?

Louisiana has an overall safety grade of C (score: 44/100). This is based on the state's aggregate violent crime rate of 410 per 100K and property crime rate of 1772.7 per 100K compared to national averages.

How many cities in Louisiana have an A+ safety grade?

1 cities in Louisiana earned an A+ safety grade (2024), meaning their crime rates are well below the national average. 7 additional cities earned an A grade.

Which is the safest city in Louisiana?

Haughton is the highest-rated city in Louisiana with an A+ grade (score: 94/100). Its violent crime rate is 45.4 per 100K.

Nationwide states with similar crime grades

FBI UCR peer sets for Louisiana grade pages, ranked across all states so these neighborhoods are not the alphabetically adjacent list below.

Similar safety score

Nearest states by statewide safety score (44/100 here, grade C).

Similar graded-city count

Nearest states by cities with A–F grades (61 here); safety-score peers above are excluded.

Nearby States, Crime Grades

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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