Baton Rouge, LA Drug-Related Crime Rates and Drug-Related Crime Maps

Drug-Related Crime per Capita in Baton Rouge

The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 Baton Rouge residents.

 

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Drug-Related Crime Grade™

Overall Crime Grade
D
Violent Crime Grade
D-
Property Crime Grade
D

Which crimes are included?

1 in 204

Your yearly chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in the Baton Rouge area is about 1 in 204.

$36

Drug-Related Crime costs the average Baton Rouge resident about $36 per year.

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Crime Grade's drug-related crime map shows the safest places in the Baton Rouge area in green. The most dangerous areas in the Baton Rouge area are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Baton Rouge, LA Safe from Drug-Related Crime?

The D+ grade means the rate of drug-related crime is higher than the average US city. Baton Rouge is in the 27th percentile for safety, meaning 73% of cities are safer and 27% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to the Baton Rouge area's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of drug-related crime in the Baton Rouge area is 4.899 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in the Baton Rouge area generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in the Baton Rouge area may be as high as 1 in 140 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 307 in the northeast part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more drug-related crime occurs in the central parts of Baton Rouge, LA: about 1,179 per year. The southwest part of the Baton Rouge area has fewer cases of drug-related crime with only 275 in a typical year.

How Baton Rouge's Drug-Related Crime Rate Compares

The chart below compares the drug-related crime rate in the Baton Rouge area to the Louisiana state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Baton Rouge, LA: 4.899
Louisiana: 5.221
USA: 3.112

Considering only the drug-related crime rate, the Baton Rouge area is as safe as the Louisiana state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Drug-Related Crime in Baton Rouge, LA

Drug-Related Crime is projected to cost the residents of Baton Rouge about $33,401,622 in 2025, or roughly $36 per resident. This is part of the Baton Rouge area's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Baton Rouge, including every crime type and how Baton Rouge compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Drug-Related Crime Map

Remember that drug-related crime 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 Baton Rouge's crime maps on the Baton Rouge overall crime page.

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Drug-Related Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of drug-related crime in the Baton Rouge area is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Baton Rouge area.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade
Merrydale, LA
F
F
D-
D-
Shenandoah, LA
C-
C-
D+
D+
Sunrise, LA
F
F
F
C
Central, LA
B-
B-
C
B-
Brusly, LA
B
C+
B-
C+
Port Allen, LA
D
D
D-
C-
Westover, LA
A+
A
A
B
Greenwell Springs, LA
B+
B-
B
B-
Addis, LA
C
C+
B+
F
Baker, LA
D
D-
D
C+

Drug-Related Crime in City with Similar Populations

Baton Rouge is higher versus other cities of the same size for drug-related crime. The table below compares drug-related crime in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade
Knoxville, TN
D+
D
D
D-
Oxnard, CA
C
D+
D+
B+
Allentown, PA
B
B
B
A-
New Haven, CT
C
A-
A-
B+
Sarasota, FL
A+
A-
A-
A
El Paso, TX
D-
D
D
C-
Columbia, SC
D-
D-
D-
D-
McAllen, TX
D-
D-
D-
D+
Dayton, OH
C-
C
C
C+
Albany, NY
B-
C
C
A+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Baton Rouge, LA average SchoolGrade of D+, with 29% actual proficiency versus 30% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Baton Rouge schools on SchoolGrade

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