Baton Rouge, LA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	C-

Which crimes are included?

$453.9 million

Cost of Crime™ for Baton Rouge, LA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,315 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of the Baton Rouge area with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in the Baton Rouge area against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Baton Rouge sits in the 14th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 14% of cities and behind 86%. The grade covers only the Baton Rouge area's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in the Baton Rouge area is 5.728 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 112 in the northwest neighborhoods to 1 in 298 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Baton Rouge, LA report the most violent crime, about 1,271 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 334 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Baton Rouge, LA

The tangible cost of violent crime in Baton Rouge is projected at $453,938,511 for 2025, about $492 per resident and $1,315 per household. That equals 1.4% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 37.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 49.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.5%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Baton Rouge Compared to Other Cities?

Baton Rouge, LA:	$492
Merrydale, LA:	$1048
Harahan, LA:	$149
Louisiana:	$470
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $492 per resident each year in Baton Rouge, which is $234 more than the national average and $22 more than Louisiana's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Baton Rouge:

In Merrydale, LA, crime costs $1,048 per person, which is $556 more than in Baton Rouge.
In Harahan, LA, crime costs $149 per person, which is $343 less than in Baton Rouge

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Baton Rouge, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Baton Rouge	Cost per Baton Rouge Resident
Murder	$288.2 million	$313
Rape/Sexual Assault	$32.6 million	$35
Robbery	$15.2 million	$16
Assault	$118.0 million	$128
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$453,938,511	$492

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Baton Rouge, LA

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Baton Rouge totals $2,099,400,117 ($2,277 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $2,553,338,628 ($2,770 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Baton Rouge, LA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Baton Rouge Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Baton Rouge residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.457
Robbery	0.5225
Rape	0.5825
Murder	0.1664
Total Violent Crime	5.728 (D-)

Individual Baton Rouge Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in the Baton Rouge area is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Baton Rouge area.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Merrydale, LA	F	F	D-
Shenandoah, LA	C-	C-	D+
Sunrise, LA	F	F	F
Central, LA	B-	B-	C
Brusly, LA	B	C+	B-
Port Allen, LA	D	D	D-
Westover, LA	A+	A	A
Greenwell Springs, LA	B+	B-	B
Addis, LA	C	C+	B+
Baker, LA	D	D-	D

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Baton Rouge is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Knoxville, TN	D+	D	D
Oxnard, CA	C	D+	D+
Allentown, PA	B	B	B
New Haven, CT	C	A-	A-
Sarasota, FL	A+	A-	A-
El Paso, TX	D-	D	D
Columbia, SC	D-	D-	D-
McAllen, TX	D-	D-	D-
Dayton, OH	C-	C	C
Albany, NY	B-	C	C

Considering only the violent crime rate, the Baton Rouge area is as safe as the Louisiana state average and less safe than the national average.

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