The 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Louisiana


To determine which cities in Louisiana are the most dangerous, we compiled data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report and sorted each city’s violent crime rate. Violent crimes include: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assaults.

Violent crime rate is calculated by dividing the total numbers of violent crime by the total population; the result is multiplied by 100,000.

The Louisiana state average for violent crime is 639.4 per 100,000 people and its state average for property crime is 2,884.4 per 100,000 people.

What Is The Most Dangerous City In Louisiana?

The most dangerous city in Louisiana is Opelousas. In 2019, Louisiana had a violent crime rate of 2,454.98 per 100,000 people and a property crime rate of 8,019.19 per 100,000 people.

Opelousas’s violent crime rate is 3.8x greater than the state average. It’s property crime rate is nearly 2.8x greater than the state average.

Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Louisiana

1. Opelousas– 2,454.98 violent crimes per 100k

Opelousas  - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 16,049
Property Crime Rate 8,019.19
Murders in 2019 6
Murder Rate 37.39
Poverty Rate 43.3%

 

2. Marksville – 2,216.43 violent crimes per 100k

Marksville - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 5,369
Property Crime Rate 6,202.27
Murders in 2019 0
Murder Rate

0

Poverty Rate 41.7%

 

3. Monroe – 1,765.59 violent crimes per 100k

monroe - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 47,746
Property Crime Rate 6,578.56
Murders in 2019 9
Murder Rate 18.85
Poverty Rate 36.8%

 

4. Alexandria – 1,569.80 violent crimes per 100k

alexandria - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 46,630
Property Crime Rate 8,964.19
Murders in 2019 9
Murder Rate 19.30
Poverty Rate 24.4%

 

5. Bogalusa – 1,258.45 violent crimes per 100k

bogalusa - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 11,681
Property Crime Rate 4,614.33
Murders in 2019 2
Murder Rate 17.12
Poverty Rate 31.5%

 

6. Crowley – 1,251.88 violent crimes per 100k

crowley - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 12,621
Property Crime Rate 4,183.50
Murders in 2019 1
Murder Rate 7.92
Poverty Rate 37.1%

 

7. New Orleans – 1,144.75 violent crimes per 100k

new orleans - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 394,498
Property Crime Rate 5,292.55
Murders in 2019 121
Murder Rate

30.67

Poverty Rate 23.7%

 

8. Ponchatoula – 1,043.06 violent crimes per 100k

Ponchatoula - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 7,478
Property Crime Rate

6,993.85

Murders in 2019 0
Murder Rate

0

Poverty Rate 22.0%

 

9. Bastrop – 1,004.33 violent crimes per 100k

bastrop - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 10,156
Property Crime Rate 8,142.97
Murders in 2019 0
Murder Rate 0
Poverty Rate 46.9%

 

10. Natchitoches – 997.35 violent crimes per 100k

natchitoches - most dangerous cities in louisiana

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Population in 2019 17,747
Property Crime Rate 6,880.04
Murders in 2019 4
Murder Rate 22.54
Poverty Rate 43.9%

The Most Dangerous Cities In Louisiana VS The Safest City In Louisiana

Here’s a graph showing you the violent crime rates of the top 10 most dangerous cities in Louisiana and we also included one of the safest city in Louisiana, Youngsville, to give you some perspective on the crime rates.

most dangerous cities in Louisiana graph

City

Population

Violent Crime Rate

1. Opelousas

16,049

2,454.98

2. Marksville

5,369

2,216.43

3. Monroe

47,746

1,765.59

4. Alexandria

46,630

1,569.80

5. Bogalusa

11,681

1,258.45

6. Crowley

12,621

1,251.88

7. New Orleans

394,498

1,144.75

8. Ponchatoula

7,478

1,043.06

9. Bastrop

10,156

1,004.33

10. Natchitoches

17,747

997.35

11. Leesville

5,617

979.17

12. Baton Rouge

220,648

936.33

13. West Monroe

12,350

914.98

14. Church Point

4,424

881.56

15. Minden

11,984

876.17

16. Abbeville

12,142

831.82

17. Pineville

14,261

799.38

18. Bossier City

69,044

790.80

19. Shreveport

187,556

779.50

20. Pearl River

2,631

722.16

21. Kaplan

4,465

716.69

22. Gretna

17,729

671.22

23. Port Allen

4,940

668.02

24. Krotz Springs

1,208

662.25

25. Houma

32,771

637.76

26. Welsh

3,254

614.63

27. Gonzales

10,940

557.59

28. Winnfield

4,307

557.23

29. Thibodaux

14,587

555.29

30. Lake Charles

78,733

524.56

31. Walker

6,296

524.14

32. Lafayette

126,694

524.10

33. Tallulah

6,701

522.31

34. Vinton

3,291

516.56

35. Eunice

9,939

513.13

36. Farmerville

3,725

510.07

37. Breaux Bridge

8,237

509.89

38. Greensburg

653

459.42

39. Zachary

18,009

438.67

40. Kinder

2,388

418.76

41. Vidalia

3,871

413.33

42. Brusly

2,737

401.90

43. Springhill

4,792

396.49

44. Baker

13,240

385.20

45. Ruston

22,148

383.78

46. Bernice

1,611

372.44

47. Carencro

9,387

362.20

48. Erath

2,059

339.97

49. owa

3,262

337.22

50. Sulphur

20,200

326.73

50. Slidell

27,768

270.10

51. Port Vincent

751

266.31

52. Greenwood

3,141

254.70

53. Lake Arthur

2,778

251.98

54. Rayne

8,088

247.28

55. Broussard

12,985

246.44

56. Westwego

8,415

237.67

57. Kenner

66,653

223.55

58. Cullen

1,069

187.09

59. Addis

5,747

156.60

60. Mandeville

12,331

145.97

61. Scott

8,725

137.54

62. Harahan

9,298

129.06

63. Ville Platte

7,029

128.04

64. Lutcher

3,192

125.31

65. Gramercy

3,307

120.96

66. Oil City

980

102.04

67 Youngsville

15,020

93.21

68. Berwick

4,416

90.58

69. Jena

3,370

89.02

70. French Settlement

1,182

84.60

71. Westlake

4,959

60.50

72. Rayville

3,492

0.00

73. Blanchard

3,147

0.00

74. Many

2,704

0.0

75. Olla

1,349

0.00

76. Sibley

1,144

0.00

77. Epps

819

0.00

78. Georgetown

326

0.00

79. Norwood

295

0.00

80. Ida

205

0.00

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