The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Greenwell Springs, LA
Greenwell Springs is a city of 10,700 in East Baton Rouge Parish, about 13 miles northeast of downtown Baton Rouge · Updated November 2026
Is Greenwell Springs, LA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Greenwell Springs has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 906 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Greenwell Springs as a whole, and 31% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Greenwell Springs scores 906.
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 Greenwell Springs, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Greenwell Springs, 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 Greenwell Springs
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Greenwell Springs, 50% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Greenwell Springs
Every part of Greenwell Springs where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Greenwell Springs run from A+ to A-; 94% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Greenwell Springs, the west side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Greenwell Springs?
Reported crime in Greenwell Springs has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 27% and property crime down 26%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 1.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 17 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Greenwell SpringsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Greenwell Springs. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Greenwell Springs
Violent, US
Property, Greenwell Springs
Property, US
2016
-40%
+4%
+11%
+15%
2017
-24%
+4%
+25%
+12%
2018
-10%
+0%
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+14%
+4%
-9%
-8%
2021
+13%
+6%
-25%
-10%
2022
+11%
+5%
-17%
-6%
2023
-14%
+2%
-23%
-7%
2024
-27%
-4%
-26%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Greenwell Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Greenwell Springs has about 17 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 54% less than the US as a whole and 63% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Greenwell Springs, about 47% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Greenwell Springs
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office polices Greenwell Springs, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Greenwell Springs, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
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 Greenwell Springs compares with nearby cities
Greenwell Springs has less crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only Pride has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Greenwell Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Greenwell Springs has more crime than 65% of them.
Two things set Greenwell Springs apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (2 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 3.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and assault 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 and assault. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (2 of 100)US: 21Lower 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.3.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 97% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.11 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 97% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% of US city residents
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 Greenwell Springs: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 82% 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 Greenwell Springs
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Greenwell Springs about $474 a year per household, 61% 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 $4.2 million a year, or $389 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$190,000
$17
Rape
$71,000
$7
Robbery
$20,000
$2
Assault
$510,000
$48
Burglary
$140,000
$13
Theft
$440,000
$41
Vehicle theft
$210,000
$20
Arson
$4,300
under $1
Vandalism
$120,000
$11
Total
$1.7 million
$159
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 Greenwell Springs 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. Greenwell Springs is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office publishes its own crime data
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 Greenwell Springs, LA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 40% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Greenwell Springs on SchoolGrade
