The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in St. Landry Parish, LA
St. Landry Parish is home to 81,700 residents and includes Opelousas and Eunice · Updated November 2026
Is St. Landry Parish, LA safe?
Yes, crime in St. Landry Parish is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, St. Landry Parish sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 49% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within St. Landry Parish run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 831 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than St. Landry Parish as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. St. Landry Parish scores 831.
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 St. Landry Parish, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in St. Landry 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 St. Landry Parish
Burglary stands out among A-graded counties. For the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 1.4 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; St. Landry Parish has 4.4.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In St. Landry Parish, 65% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in St. Landry Parish
In St. Landry Parish, 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 3% in areas graded C and 15% in areas graded D or F. Grades across St. Landry Parish run from A+ to F; 60% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 82%C 3%D or F 15%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in St. Landry Parish with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the northwest side has the least crime and the Opelousas area the most.
Crime rates and types in St. Landry Parish
CrimeGrade™ estimates St. Landry Parish has about 45 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 22% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 St. Landry Parish, about 34% 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 St. Landry Parish
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across St. Landry Parish, 2022 to 2024.
In St. Landry Parish, 70% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 57% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (70%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (65%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (57%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Homes (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
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 St. Landry Parish compares with nearby counties
St. Landry Parish has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest counties. Allen Parish and Pointe Coupee Parish have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from St. Landry 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, St. Landry Parish has more crime than 89% of them.
Empty homes, jobs and walkability in St. Landry Parish
Two things set St. Landry Parish apart: it has 11.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 28 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.11.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 90% of Americans
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. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 87% of Americans
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 St. Landry Parish: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% 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.48% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 85% 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 St. Landry Parish
Crime costs St. Landry Parish about $1,464 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 21% more 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 $176 million a year, or $2,154 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$14 million
$172
Rape
$700,000
$9
Robbery
$540,000
$7
Assault
$15 million
$189
Burglary
$3.2 million
$39
Theft
$6.4 million
$79
Vehicle theft
$1.9 million
$24
Arson
$380,000
$5
Vandalism
$4.9 million
$60
Total
$48 million
$582
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 St. Landry 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 St. Landry Parish, LA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 27% of students test proficient, against 22% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in St. Landry Parish on SchoolGrade
