Caldwell Parish is home to 9,500 residents and includes Clarks and Grayson · Updated November 2026
Is Caldwell Parish, LA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Caldwell Parish: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 963 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
91% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Caldwell Parish as a whole, and 9% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Caldwell Parish scores 963.
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 Caldwell Parish, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Caldwell Parish, 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 Caldwell Parish
Burglaries run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in Caldwell Parish runs 43% below the US rate, but burglaries run 50% above it: 3.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Theft runs low. Caldwell Parish has 6.0 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 13.1.
Crime rates and types in Caldwell Parish
CrimeGrade™ estimates Caldwell Parish has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% less than the US as a whole and 54% less than 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 Caldwell Parish, about 32% of everything reported.
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 Caldwell Parish
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Caldwell Parish, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Caldwell Parish compares with nearby counties
Caldwell Parish has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Caldwell Parish. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Caldwell Parish has more crime than 66% of them.
Walkability, night lighting and density in Caldwell Parish
Two things set Caldwell Parish apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (3 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 15% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (3 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 99% of Americans
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.15% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 98% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 97% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 96% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.12.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 88% of Americans
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 Caldwell Parish
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Caldwell Parish about $1,024 a year per household, 15% less than 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 $18 million a year, or $1,851 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$161
Rape
$8,000
$1
Robbery
$560
under $1
Assault
$1.2 million
$126
Burglary
$300,000
$32
Theft
$290,000
$31
Vehicle theft
$89,000
$9
Arson
$190,000
$20
Vandalism
$230,000
$24
Total
$3.8 million
$404
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 Caldwell Parish 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 Caldwell Parish, LA average a SchoolGrade of D: 24% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Caldwell Parish on SchoolGrade
