East Baton Rouge Parish · Louisiana
Baton Rouge, LA crime rate
Offenses reported by the Baton Rouge Police Department to the FBI for 2024, next to 2023, the state and the country — counts and rates per 100,000 residents.
Quick answer
In 2024 the Baton Rouge Police Department reported — violent offenses and — property offenses across a covered population of 217,387. That is — violent crimes per 100,000 residents, with no national comparison available.
- Violent crime rate 2024
- —US 363.9 per 100k
- Property crime rate 2024
- —US 1,769 per 100k
- Violent crime year over year
- —2023 to 2024, reported counts
- Violent clearance rate
- —Cleared by arrest or exceptional means
Every offense the FBI publishes for Baton Rouge
Reported offenses and rates per 100,000 residents, 2024, with the state and national rate alongside.
| Offense | Reported 2024 | Rate per 100k | Louisiana rate | US rate | vs 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | — | — | 504.2 | 363.9 | — |
| Murder & non-negligent manslaughter | — | — | 9.5 | 5.2 | — |
| Rape | — | — | 34.2 | 39.3 | — |
| Robbery | — | — | 35.4 | 61.7 | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | 425.1 | 257.6 | — |
| Property crime | — | — | 2,168.1 | 1,769 | — |
| Burglary | — | — | 382.6 | 232.1 | — |
| Larceny / theft | — | — | 1,550 | 1,267.8 | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | 228.3 | 258 | — |
| Arson | — | — | 7.1 | 11.1 | — |
How to read Baton Rouge crime data
What these numbers do and do not tell you.
Everything above is what one agency — the Baton Rouge Police Department, ORI LA0170200 — reported to the FBI for a covered population of 217,387. Transit, university, county and state police working the same streets file separately and are not added in, so a city total is not the total of all crime inside the city limits. Rates use the agency's own population coverage as the denominator, which is how the FBI computes them. Reporting practices, staffing and NIBRS transition dates differ between departments, so treat city-to-city comparison as directional rather than exact.
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Agency Baton Rouge Police Department, ORI LA0170200. Counts are offenses known to law enforcement; clearances may include cases opened in an earlier year.