The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Alexandria, LA
Alexandria is a city of 54,300 in Rapides Parish and the main city of the Alexandria metro area, home to 149,600 · Updated November 2026
Is Alexandria, LA safe?
Alexandria is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of D, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, C+ against F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Alexandria run from A to F, so check the map below.
D
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 189 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Alexandria as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Alexandria scores 189.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Alexandria, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Alexandria, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Alexandria
Aggravated assaults run high for a D-graded city. Alexandria has 20.5 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a D-graded US city, the figure is 4.4.
Burglary at more than triple the US rate. Alexandria has 8.8 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Alexandria
Crime varies widely across Alexandria: 26% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 53% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Alexandria run from A to F; 5% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
26%21%53%
A or B 26%C 21%D or F 53%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Alexandria, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Alexandria?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Alexandria is up 70% and property crime is down 26%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 16 to 27 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 91 to 67 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 37%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
AlexandriaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Alexandria. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Alexandria
Violent, US
Property, Alexandria
Property, US
2016
+17%
+4%
-5%
+15%
2017
-8%
+4%
-1%
+12%
2018
-7%
+0%
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+19%
+4%
-19%
-8%
2021
+19%
+6%
-19%
-10%
2022
+14%
+5%
-29%
-6%
2023
+24%
+2%
-29%
-7%
2024
+70%
-4%
-26%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Alexandria
CrimeGrade™ estimates Alexandria has about 123 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for Louisiana.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Alexandria, about 39% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Alexandria
Alexandria has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Alexandria, 75% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 55% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (75%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (56%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (55%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Alexandria compares with nearby cities
Alexandria has the most crime of its 4 nearest cities.
Two things set Alexandria apart: it has 16.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 17.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.16.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Alexandria: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.67 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 84% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 76% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Alexandria
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Alexandria about $4,614 a year per household, more than triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $434 million a year, or $7,986 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$28 million
$522
Rape
$3.3 million
$61
Robbery
$2.1 million
$40
Assault
$43 million
$785
Burglary
$4.3 million
$79
Theft
$12 million
$226
Vehicle theft
$3.7 million
$69
Arson
$190,000
$3
Vandalism
$5.5 million
$101
Total
$102 million
$1,887
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Alexandria means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Alexandria, LA average a SchoolGrade of B-: 35% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Alexandria on SchoolGrade
