West Baton Rouge Parish, LA Property Crime Rates and Maps

C+

Violent Crime Grade	C
Property Crime Grade	C+
Other Crime Grade	C+

Which crimes are included?

$3.37 million

Cost of Crime™ for West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

In 2025, property crime will cost $310 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of West Baton Rouge Parish with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The C+ grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in West Baton Rouge Parish against the average US county, where the rate is about the same as the norm. West Baton Rouge Parish sits in the 47th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 47% of counties and behind 53%. The grade covers only West Baton Rouge Parish's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby counties.

The property crime rate in West Baton Rouge Parish is 16.28 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the northwest part of the county as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 26 in the northeast areas to 1 in 184 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of West Baton Rouge Parish, LA report the most property crime, about 201 cases per year. The west part reports the fewest, around 4 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Property crime in West Baton Rouge Parish is projected to cost $3,374,166 in 2025, about $118 per resident and $310 per household. That equals 0.3% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 65.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 28.0%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 6.2%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in West Baton Rouge Parish Compared to Other Counties?

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA:	$118
Orleans Parish, LA:	$260
St. Tammany Parish, LA:	$75
Louisiana:	$171
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $118 per resident each year in West Baton Rouge Parish, which is $18 less than the national average and $54 less than Louisiana's state average. The comparison below uses counties similar to West Baton Rouge Parish:

In Orleans Parish, LA, crime costs $260 per person, which is $143 more than in West Baton Rouge Parish.
In St. Tammany Parish, LA, crime costs $75 per person, which is $42 less than in West Baton Rouge Parish

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for West Baton Rouge Parish, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to West Baton Rouge Parish	Cost per West Baton Rouge Parish Resident
Vehicle Theft	$896,311	$31
Burglary	$763,366	$27
Theft	$1.68 million	$58
Arson	$37,095	$1
Total Cost of Property Crime	$3,374,166	$118

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the east part of the county has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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West Baton Rouge Parish Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 West Baton Rouge Parish residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	11.28
Vehicle Theft	2.016
Burglary	2.932
Arson	0.0535
Total Property Crime	16.28 (C+)

Individual West Baton Rouge Parish Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Counties

Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of property crime in West Baton Rouge Parish is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to West Baton Rouge Parish.

Nearby County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	D	D-	D
Iberville Parish, LA	D	D-	D
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA	D+	F	D+
Ascension Parish, LA	B+	B-	B
Livingston Parish, LA	B	C	B-
East Feliciana Parish, LA	C+	D-	C
West Feliciana Parish, LA	D+	F	C+
St. Martin Parish, LA	C-	D	D+
Assumption Parish, LA	C	D+	D+
St. Helena Parish, LA	D	F	D-

Crime Maps and Rates for County with Similar Populations

West Baton Rouge Parish is similar versus other counties of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in counties with comparable overall population in the county‘s boundaries.

Similar County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Spencer County, KY	A	A+	A+
Crawford County, IL	A-	A-	A-
Crawford County, MO	C	D+	D+
Crisp County, GA	D+	D	D
Sheridan County, WY	A+	A+	A+
Silver Bow County, MT	D-	D-	D-
Simpson County, KY	A-	A	A
Scotland County, NC	D-	D-	D-
Schoharie County, NY	A	B	B
Somerset County, MD	D-	D-	D-

Considering only the property crime rate, West Baton Rouge Parish is safer than the Louisiana state average and safer than the national average.

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