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Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation

Table 8

LOUISIANA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2012

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson1
Abbeville 12,389 118 6 3 19 90 541 191 332 18
Addis 3,666 4 1 0 0 3 6 0 6 0 0
Alexandria 48,449 815 9 14 142 650 3,630 974 2,472 184
Baker 14,017 11 0 1 6 4 374 81 288 5
Bastrop 11,280 170 0 3 33 134 1,105 304 751 50 6
Baton Rouge 231,500 2,507 66 64 1,033 1,344 12,059 3,826 7,751 482 187
Berwick 4,934 3 0 0 0 3 65 14 47 4 0
Blanchard 2,939 0 0 0 0 0 30 7 20 3 0
Bogalusa 12,296 122 4 10 32 76 709 250 425 34 2
Bossier City 63,116 236 2 19 52 163 2,435 417 1,949 69
Breaux Bridge 8,301 17 1 0 1 15 225 32 190 3
Broussard 8,351 24 1 1 3 19 301 115 171 15
Brusly 2,640 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0
Bunkie 4,177 77 0 1 8 68 214 97 110 7 0
Carencro 7,668 57 1 1 10 45 301 93 199 9 0
Clarence 501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinton 1,651 3 1 0 0 2 8 3 5 0 0
Coushatta 1,934 14 0 0 1 13 50 9 41 0 0
Covington 8,933 44 0 2 5 37 469 100 359 10 0
Denham Springs 10,451 76 0 3 26 47 913 125 770 18 0
De Quincy 3,277 0 0 0 0 0 31 6 21 4
De Ridder 10,774 69 0 3 2 64 200 45 155 0 0
Epps 857 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erath 2,136 16 0 0 5 11 17 2 15 0 0
Eunice 10,481 116 1 7 7 101 594 201 379 14 0
Farmerville 3,884 22 0 0 2 20 235 65 164 6 0
Ferriday 3,540 29 0 2 2 25 123 62 59 2 0
Florien 645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Folsom 729 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 15 2 0
Franklin 7,645 73 0 1 9 63 413 108 304 1
Franklinton 3,877 19 0 2 1 16 156 39 114 3 0
French Settlement 1,142 4 0 0 0 4 15 6 9 0 0
Georgetown 325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenmora 1,358 3 0 0 0 3 16 7 9 0
Golden Meadow 2,121 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0
Gonzales2 10,095 0 2 11 727 72 650 5
Grambling 4,987 18 0 0 1 17 86 83 2 1
Gramercy 3,581 16 0 2 1 13 79 10 66 3 0
Greenwood 3,264 19 0 0 1 18 61 17 39 5 0
Gretna 17,844 76 0 3 21 52 585 99 433 53 3
Hammond 20,355 332 4 15 103 210 2,440 993 1,446 1 0
Harahan 9,334 14 1 1 3 9 119 27 86 6 2
Haughton 3,557 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0
Houma 33,945 210 2 7 59 142 1,768 281 1,423 64 5
Independence 1,695 20 0 1 4 15 100 29 62 9 0
Iowa 3,035 65 1 0 5 59 61 7 47 7 2
Jeanerette 5,575 9 0 0 0 9 120 21 92 7 0
Jena 3,439 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Jennings2 10,477 0 1 9 305 55 250 0
Jonesville 2,258 21 0 0 2 19 62 16 45 1 0
Kaplan 4,649 7 0 3 1 3 93 17 76 0
Kenner 67,110 139 2 12 61 64 2,509 387 1,973 149 6
Kentwood 2,238 7 0 1 3 3 154 36 115 3 0
Kinder 2,491 6 0 0 0 6 85 0 79 6
Lafayette 122,852 779 11 11 202 555 6,815 1,330 5,244 241 32
Lake Arthur 2,762 4 0 1 1 2 24 8 16 0
Lake Providence 3,937 31 0 0 3 28 57 25 32 0 0
Leesville 6,623 30 0 3 1 26 285 8 274 3 0
Livonia 1,443 3 0 0 0 3 6 2 4 0 0
Lutcher 3,529 14 0 0 1 13 36 7 29 0 0
Mamou 3,253 4 0 1 3 0 102 20 82 0
Mandeville 11,777 26 0 5 2 19 342 52 282 8 1
Mansfield 5,059 80 1 4 10 65 313 79 228 6 0
Many 2,901 28 0 1 3 24 189 30 158 1 0
Marion 770 7 0 1 0 6 29 8 21 0 0
Marksville 5,715 89 1 2 5 81 447 105 327 15
Monroe 49,474 490 5 18 137 330 3,775 1,172 2,525 78 0
Moreauville 930 3 0 0 0 3 8 0 8 0 0
Morgan City 12,376 46 0 7 11 28 387 66 311 10
Napoleonville 657 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natchitoches 18,378 157 1 6 19 131 1,108 384 713 11 4
New Orleans 362,874 2,958 193 136 1,065 1,564 13,689 3,423 8,051 2,215
Norwood 321 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oil City 1,023 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 3 1 0
Opelousas 16,767 280 6 15 50 209 1,234 334 864 36 3
Patterson 6,099 19 1 0 1 17 24 1 23 0 0
Pearl River 2,553 11 0 1 0 10 80 18 54 8 0
Pineville 14,721 126 0 6 13 107 810 161 631 18
Plaquemine2 7,122 0 2 5 464 51 409 4
Pollock 469 2 0 1 0 1 9 3 6 0 0
Ponchatoula 6,680 72 0 2 17 53 510 189 312 9 0
Port Allen2 5,281 0 0 1 6 1
Port Vincent 757 6 0 0 0 6 17 4 11 2 0
Ruston 22,046 106 2 5 26 73 869 200 654 15 0
Scott 8,776 21 0 1 2 18 222 30 177 15 0
Shreveport 202,164 1,550 17 92 433 1,008 9,862 2,425 6,973 464 79
Slidell 27,581 106 2 13 17 74 1,633 178 1,414 41 0
Springhill 5,310 13 1 0 1 11 97 5 90 2
St. Francisville 1,746 12 0 1 0 11 57 14 43 0 1
St. Gabriel 6,700 26 0 1 3 22 99 45 51 3 0
St. Martinville 6,236 43 0 0 1 42 119 32 84 3 0
Stonewall 1,836 3 0 0 0 3 14 3 10 1 0
Sulphur 20,671 159 0 7 19 133 983 271 693 19 2
Thibodaux 14,701 65 1 1 13 50 581 74 498 9 1
Tickfaw 707 5 0 0 0 5 30 4 25 1 0
Vidalia 4,336 30 0 0 1 29 105 18 87 0 0
Vinton 3,254 0 0 0 0 0 75 25 50 0
Walker 6,279 44 0 0 9 35 389 54 322 13 0
West Monroe 13,250 47 0 3 9 35 1,040 155 868 17 3
Westwego 8,586 34 1 5 4 24 170 43 121 6 0
Wilson 593 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Winnfield 4,787 45 1 0 8 36 205 71 129 5 1
Zachary 15,092 37 0 4 0 33 403 26 368 9 0
Zwolle 1,791 18 0 1 3 14 85 43 42 0 0
  • 1 The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
  • 2 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

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