City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Shreveport 175,092 1,228.5 3,990.5 F
Lafayette 121,471 1,066.1 4,347.5 F
Lake Charles 77,982 613 2,469.8 F
Bossier City 62,750 913.1 3,679.7 F
Kenner 62,377 344.7 2,832.8 C
Monroe 46,290 1,892.4 5,733.4 F
Alexandria 42,933 2,713.5 6,596.3 F
Slidell 28,449 256.6 2,284.8 C
New Iberia 26,653 1,009.3 3,125.4 F
Ruston 22,259 426.8 2,956.1 D
Zachary 20,142 332.6 2,020.7 C
Sulphur 19,955 375.8 2,916.6 D
Natchitoches 16,945 891.1 4,384.8 F
Gretna 16,788 428.9 3,800.3 D
Thibodaux 15,562 257 2,975.2 C
Opelousas 15,263 1,369.3 5,018.7 F
Broussard 14,906 194.6 2,153.5 B
Gonzales 14,259 364.7 3,934.4 D
Carencro 13,985 414.7 2,023.6 C
Mandeville 13,053 130.2 1,233.4 A
West Monroe 12,368 1,156.2 5,886.2 F
Baker 11,933 402.2 1,743.1 C
Covington 11,641 171.8 1,013.7 B
Minden 11,050 796.4 2,533.9 F
Morgan City 10,701 551.4 2,831.5 F
Bogalusa 10,252 1,131.5 4,213.8 F
De Ridder 9,517 294.2 1,450 C
Jennings 9,230 1,007.6 3,347.8 F
Scott 8,917 661.7 1,637.3 F
Bastrop 8,792 1,421.7 4,833.9 F
Harahan 8,596 104.7 721.3 A
Westwego 8,021 423.9 2,094.5 D
Addis 7,797 141.1 692.6 A
Ponchatoula 7,784 449.6 1,978.4 D
Rayne 6,910 72.4 882.8 A
Walker 6,398 703.3 3,188.5 F
Plaquemine 5,925 1,215.2 3,291.1 F
Tallulah 5,638 461.2 337 C
Patterson 5,550 270.3 540.5 B
Port Allen 4,876 1,312.6 2,420 F
Marksville 4,762 1,848 3,569.9 F
Westlake 4,571 284.4 1,903.3 C
Springhill 4,424 180.8 1,107.6 B
Haughton 4,401 45.4 204.5 A+
Church Point 3,982 803.6 879 F
Winnfield 3,862 1,294.7 4,660.8 F
Vidalia 3,788 396 2,745.5 D
Blanchard 3,341 119.7 568.7 A
Farmerville 3,260 1,073.6 2,423.3 F
Greenwood 3,075 390.2 3,089.4 D
Vinton 3,011 863.5 2,989 F
Iowa 3,009 1,429 1,894.3 F
Gramercy 2,698 222.4 1,037.8 B
Lake Arthur 2,557 156.4 156.4 A
Erath 1,935 206.7 310.1 A
Haynesville 1,904 367.6 1,102.9 C
Independence 1,655 1,571 5,317.2 F
Golden Meadow 1,604 0 2,057.4 A
White Castle 1,586 1,576.3 2,648.2 F
Oak Grove 1,351 296.1 1,702.4 C
Clinton 1,304 0 0 A+
Krotz Springs 883 453 2,604.8 D
Plain Dealing 873 3,092.8 572.7 D
Folsom 826 242.1 0 A
Wilson 357 0 0 A+
Heflin 204 0 0 A+
Showing cities 1–66 of 66 in Louisiana, by population. See the Louisiana safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the Louisiana crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every Louisiana city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.