Assault per Capita in Buras
The map below shows assault per 1,000 Buras residents.
The map below shows assault per 1,000 Buras residents.
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Assault Grade™
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B- |
Your yearly chance of being a victim of assault in Buras is about 1 in 100.
Assault costs the average Buras resident about $288 per year.
Crime Grade's assault map shows the safest places in Buras in green. The most dangerous areas in Buras are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The F grade means the rate of assault is much higher than the average US city. Buras is in the 2nd percentile for safety, meaning 98% of cities are safer and 2% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Buras's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of assault in Buras is 10.02 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Buras generally consider the north part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of assault in Buras may be as high as 1 in 79 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 150 in the north part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more assault occurs in the northwest parts of Buras, LA: about 6 per year. The west part of Buras has fewer cases of assault with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the assault rate in Buras to the Louisiana state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Buras, LA: | 10.02 |
|---|---|
| Louisiana: | 4.234 |
| USA: | 2.561 |
Considering only the assault rate, Buras is less safe than the Louisiana state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Assault is projected to cost the residents of Buras about $504,369 in 2025, or roughly $288 per resident. This is part of Buras's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Buras, including every crime type and how Buras compares to other cities.
Remember that assault rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Buras's crime maps on the Buras overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D+ | F | C | F | |
D | F | B+ | F | |
D | F | C | F | |
D- | F | D+ | F | |
D | C+ | D- | B- | |
D- | D- | D- | D | |
F | D- | F | D- | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
D- | D- | D- | F | |
D | D | D | D |
Buras is higher versus other cities of the same size for assault. The table below compares assault in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D- | C+ | C+ | B+ | |
D- | D- | D- | D | |
B- | C- | C- | C- | |
D+ | B- | B- | B | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
D | C- | C- | D+ | |
D+ | D | D | D | |
D- | D+ | D+ | D+ | |
C+ | C | C | C- | |
C | B- | B- | B |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Buras, LA average SchoolGrade of D, with 27% actual proficiency versus 27% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Buras schools on SchoolGrade
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