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Safest cities in Louisiana? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated Louisiana city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 31.73 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score

Validated cities39Current candidate pages

Candidate population1,183,438Sum of listed city estimates

Selected offenses37,556FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

43,196 residents Alexandria 67.30 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 12,563 residents West Monroe 58.35 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 47,040 residents Monroe 55.72 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 15,226 residents Opelousas 51.82 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 9,008 residents Bastrop 48.18 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 17,263 residents Natchitoches 43.79 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

5,673 residents Tallulah 3.70 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 5,627 residents Patterson 5.33 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 7,582 residents Addis 7.25 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 8,934 residents Harahan 7.50 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 7,041 residents Rayne 8.66 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 11,713 residents Covington 10.25 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

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Louisiana city candidates

City	Population	Selected offenses	Rate per 1,000	Trend
Alexandria	43,196	2,907	67.30	Roughly stable
West Monroe	12,563	733	58.35	Roughly stable
Monroe	47,040	2,621	55.72	Roughly stable
Opelousas	15,226	789	51.82	Decreasing
Bastrop	9,008	434	48.18	Decreasing
Natchitoches	17,263	756	43.79	Trend pending
Bogalusa	10,414	447	42.92	Increasing
Lafayette	122,688	5,198	42.37	Trend pending
Gonzales	13,753	568	41.30	Decreasing
Shreveport	176,960	6,998	39.55	Trend pending
Gretna	17,418	655	37.60	Increasing
Jennings	9,300	345	37.10	Increasing
Plaquemine	5,962	199	33.38	Increasing
Sulphur	20,555	659	32.06	Decreasing
Walker	6,430	205	31.88	Decreasing
New Iberia	26,939	822	30.51	Trend pending
Thibodaux	15,607	471	30.18	Increasing
Ruston	22,365	670	29.96	Roughly stable
Houma	31,786	880	27.69	Decreasing
Lake Charles	81,454	2,251	27.64	Roughly stable
Kenner	65,382	1,749	26.75	Increasing
Minden	11,213	290	25.86	Trend pending
Port Allen	5,016	121	24.12	Increasing
Slidell	28,467	657	23.08	Roughly stable
Carencro	12,876	285	22.13	Trend pending
Zachary	20,395	442	21.67	Decreasing
Broussard	15,324	325	21.21	Increasing
Westwego	8,343	172	20.62	Increasing
Ponchatoula	7,770	151	19.43	Decreasing
Baker	12,184	216	17.73	Decreasing
Baton Rouge	221,540	3,870	17.47	Decreasing
Scott	9,447	151	15.98	Trend pending
Mandeville	12,984	165	12.71	Roughly stable
Covington	11,713	120	10.25	Roughly stable
Rayne	7,041	61	8.66	Increasing
Harahan	8,934	67	7.50	Mixed
Addis	7,582	55	7.25	Increasing
Patterson	5,627	30	5.33	Decreasing
Tallulah	5,673	21	3.70	Decreasing

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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