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Table 8

LOUISIANA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2016

[The data shown in this table do not reflect county totals but are the number of offenses reported by the sheriff's office or county police department.]

Metropolitan/ Nonmetropolitan County Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)1 		Rape
(legacy
definition)2 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Metropolitan Counties Acadia 107 7 0 20 80 854 373 399 82 0
Ascension 360 4 24 33 299 2,898 578 2,125 195 4
Bossier 85 0 5 10 70 654 193 425 36 1
Caddo 81 2 2 6 71 796 225 509 62 2
Calcasieu 523 6 52 31 434 4,216 1,227 2,714 275 5
Cameron 19 0 2 0 17 123 9 110 4 0
De Soto 68 0 6 4 58 387 124 242 21 0
East Baton Rouge 397 14 47 194 142 7,252 1,263 5,705 284 14
East Feliciana 95 0 5 1 89 144 32 96 16 0
Grant 5 0 2 0 3 144 62 78 4 0
Iberia3 136 0 4 64 68 437 1,083 2
Iberville 285 1 7 15 262 553 114 429 10 0
Jefferson 1,590 44 66 399 1,081 11,217 1,503 9,009 705 59
Lafayette 309 10 9 31 259 1,629 351 1,134 144 6
Lafourche 320 9 22 28 261 1,868 628 1,168 72 7
Livingston 297 2 22 12 261 2,941 933 1,993 15 0
Ouachita 457 5 6 48 398 2,642 875 1,601 166 5
Plaquemines 38 1 5 3 29 226 53 168 5 1
Pointe Coupee 89 3 4 8 74 267 107 136 24 0
Rapides 379 1 35 15 328 2,004 678 1,169 157 5
St. Bernard 135 0 11 32 92 1,507 264 1,173 70 7
St. Charles 175 3 4 23 145 837 188 612 37 8
St. John the Baptist 70 3 4 11 52 989 243 713 33 2
St. Martin 129 4 13 16 96 362 112 234 16 0
St. Tammany 242 4 31 23 184 1,749 366 1,264 119 7
Tangipahoa 738 9 52 124 553 2,585 840 1,503 242 9
Terrebonne 376 6 19 34 317 2,814 624 2,095 95 11
Union 27 0 0 0 27 30 12 18 0 0
Vermilion 89 4 1 17 67 736 285 265 186 0
Webster 94 1 4 1 88 217 100 98 19 0
West Baton Rouge 53 0 6 9 38 404 48 331 25 0
West Feliciana 38 1 5 2 30 80 7 72 1 0
Nonmetropolitan Counties Allen 18 0 6 1 11 73 9 53 11 0
Assumption 85 0 3 6 76 240 38 192 10 1
Avoyelles 121 3 11 3 104 500 186 290 24 3
Beauregard 18 0 1 0 17 128 11 105 12 4
Bienville 63 1 10 8 44 254 92 147 15 0
Caldwell 21 0 0 1 20 248 58 180 10 0
Concordia 77 3 2 6 66 276 76 182 18 2
Evangeline 31 1 1 1 28 472 119 352 1 0
Franklin 38 1 2 0 35 126 34 80 12 0
Jackson 6 0 2 0 4 52 19 31 2 2
La Salle 40 2 1 2 35 36 10 24 2 0
Lincoln 62 1 5 4 52 202 59 133 10 0
Madison 25 4 0 0 21 32 9 19 4 1
Natchitoches 60 2 5 4 49 426 103 293 30 0
Red River 33 0 3 3 27 141 33 102 6 0
Richland 76 2 1 1 72 258 66 173 19 0
Sabine 8 0 0 2 6 150 35 115 0 1
St. Landry 228 5 3 14 206 992 477 422 93 0
St. Mary 148 2 5 17 124 711 169 502 40 1
Tensas 7 0 1 0 6 8 2 6 0 0
Vernon 87 4 5 2 76 552 96 419 37 3
Washington 187 1 24 7 155 696 224 414 58 3
West Carroll 48 1 0 0 47 181 59 99 23 0
Winn 18 0 0 0 18 61 27 29 5 0
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.