St. Landry Parish, LA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in St. Landry Parish in green. The most dangerous areas in St. Landry Parish 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 St. Landry Parish, LA Safe from Murder?

The F grade means the rate of murder is much higher than the average US county. St. Landry Parish is in the 2nd percentile for safety, meaning 98% of counties are safer and 2% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to St. Landry Parish's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.

The rate of murder in St. Landry Parish is 0.2186 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in St. Landry Parish generally consider the south part of the county to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in St. Landry Parish may be as high as 1 in 3,259 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 6,981 in the south part of the county.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of St. Landry Parish, LA: about 5 per year. The east part of St. Landry Parish has fewer cases of murder with only 1 in a typical year.

How St. Landry Parish's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in St. Landry Parish to the Louisiana state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, St. Landry Parish 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.

The Cost of Murder in St. Landry Parish, LA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of St. Landry Parish about $38,406,067 in 2025, or roughly $411 per resident. This is part of St. Landry Parish's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for St. Landry Parish, including every crime type and how St. Landry Parish compares to other counties.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder 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 St. Landry Parish's crime maps on the St. Landry Parish overall crime page.

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Individual St. Landry Parish Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Counties

Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of murder in St. Landry Parish is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to St. Landry Parish.

Nearby County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Evangeline Parish, LA	D-	F	D-	F
Acadia Parish, LA	D+	D-	D	F
Lafayette Parish, LA	D+	D+	D	D
St. Martin Parish, LA	C-	D	D+	F
Avoyelles Parish, LA	C-	D	D+	F
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA	D+	F	D+	F
Allen Parish, LA	C-	D	D+	D-
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA	B	C+	B-	D
West Feliciana Parish, LA	D+	F	C+	F
West Baton Rouge Parish, LA	C+	C	C+	D

Murder in County with Similar Populations

St. Landry Parish is higher versus other counties of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in counties with comparable overall population.

Similar County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
James City County, VA	A-	A	A	A
Rockingham County, VA	A-	A	A	B
Rockingham County, NC	C+	C+	C+	C-
Putnam County, TN	C-	D	D	B-
Liberty County, TX	D	C-	C-	D+
Lawrence County, PA	A	A-	A-	C
Anderson County, TN	C-	C-	C-	C
Kosciusko County, IN	A+	A+	A+	B
Kauai County, HI	C	B+	B+	A+
Josephine County, OR	B-	B	B	A

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in St. Landry Parish, LA average SchoolGrade of D-, with 23% actual proficiency versus 25% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See St. Landry Parish schools on SchoolGrade

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