United States / Louisiana / Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA crime rate
The Baton Rouge Police Department did not send the FBI a complete year for 2025 (not reported), so this page shows no 2025 rate. Below is what it did report from 2021 to 2025, with every gap marked.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 29, 2026. How we got these numbers
Violent crime per 100k, 2025
Not reported
Louisiana 515.1US 327.6
Property crime per 100k, 2025
Not reported
Louisiana 1,966.4US 1,534.8
How does Baton Rouge compare with Louisiana and the US?
Baton RougeLouisianaUnited StatesPer 100,000 residents, 2025. Each row has its own scale.
Violent crime0 to 576.9
Not reported
Murder0 to 9.7
Not reported
Rape0 to 40.4
Not reported
Robbery0 to 55.3
Not reported
Aggravated assault0 to 496.6
Not reported
Property crime0 to 2,202.4
Not reported
Burglary0 to 365.3
Not reported
Larceny-theft0 to 1,633.6
Not reported
Motor vehicle theft0 to 220.6
Not reported
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Baton Rouge only.
What offenses were reported in Baton Rouge, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Louisiana | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | Not reported | 515.1 | 327.6 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Murder | Not reported | 8.7 | 4.1 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Rape | Not reported | 33.1 | 36.1 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Robbery | Not reported | 29.9 | 49.4 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Aggravated assault | Not reported | 443.4 | 238.0 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | Not reported | 1,966.4 | 1,534.8 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Burglary | Not reported | 326.2 | 193.6 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Larceny-theft | Not reported | 1,458.6 | 1,144.1 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Motor vehicle theft | Not reported | 181.6 | 197.0 | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
| Arson | Not reported | Not estimated | Not estimated | 2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months | 2025: not reported | |
Reported = offenses known to the Baton Rouge Police Department and sent to the FBI. Louisiana and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
Baton RougeLouisianaUnited States
2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months; 2025: not reported. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Baton Rouge | United States | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,282.2 | 387.0 | 662.7 |
| 2022 | 1,075.4 | 388.7 | 639.7 |
| 2023 | 1,008.7 | 379.5 | 562.1 |
| 2024 | Partial year: 4 of 12 months | 362.9 | 523.5 |
| 2025 | Not reported | 327.6 | 515.1 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
Baton RougeLouisianaUnited States
2024: partial year: 4 of 12 months; 2025: not reported. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Baton Rouge | United States | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,473.1 | 1,832.3 | 2,528.9 |
| 2022 | 5,872.8 | 1,973.8 | 2,759.2 |
| 2023 | 5,543.0 | 1,934.1 | 2,603.2 |
| 2024 | Partial year: 4 of 12 months | 1,761.1 | 2,331.1 |
| 2025 | Not reported | 1,534.8 | 1,966.4 |
Is Baton Rouge safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. The FBI has no complete 2025 year for the Baton Rouge Police Department, so there is no 2025 rate to compare.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Police employees, 2025: 3.15 per 1,000 residents (544 officers, 147 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Louisiana cities
The nearest Louisiana cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Baton Rouge Police Department (ORI LA0170200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Louisiana and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_LA0170200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baton Rouge Police Department (LA0170200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_LA0170200__from-2021-to-2025.json)