The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Ville Platte, LA
Ville Platte is a city of 13,900 in Evangeline Parish, about 17 miles northwest of downtown Opelousas · Updated November 2026
Is Ville Platte, LA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Ville Platte has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Ville Platte run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 891 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Ville Platte as a whole, and 36% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ville Platte scores 891.
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 Ville Platte, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ville Platte, 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 Ville Platte
Burglaries run high. Ville Platte has burglaries at more than double the US rate: 6.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Ville Platte
Every part of Ville Platte where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Ville Platte run from A+ to B-; 64% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Ville Platte, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Ville Platte
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ville Platte has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% 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 makes up about 34% of crime reported in Ville Platte. Assault is less common but 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.
How Ville Platte compares with nearby cities
Ville Platte has more crime than 2 of its 3 nearest cities. Tate Cove and Pine Prairie have the least crime nearby.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Ville Platte
Two things set Ville Platte apart: it has 13.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 45% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.13.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 94% of US city residents
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.45% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% 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 Ville Platte: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower 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.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower 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 Ville Platte
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Ville Platte about $882 a year per household, 27% 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 $12 million a year, or $884 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$480,000
$34
Rape
$33,000
$2
Robbery
$89,000
$6
Assault
$2.0 million
$145
Burglary
$800,000
$58
Theft
$1.1 million
$76
Vehicle theft
$280,000
$20
Arson
$30,000
$2
Vandalism
$650,000
$47
Total
$5.4 million
$391
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 Ville Platte 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. Ville Platte is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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
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 Ville Platte, LA average a SchoolGrade of C: 29% of students test proficient, against 21% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Ville Platte on SchoolGrade
