Safest counties for violent crime rate in Louisiana

Top 25 of 64 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Louisiana
Rank	County	Value
1	Assumption	63.5 per 100k
2	Vernon	89.8 per 100k
3	Sabine	94.4 per 100k
4	West Carroll	102.6 per 100k
5	Caddo	111.2 per 100k
6	Allen	118.9 per 100k
7	Richland	122.3 per 100k
8	Evangeline	140.4 per 100k
9	Red River	142.1 per 100k
10	Iberia	142.2 per 100k
11	St. Tammany	143.1 per 100k
12	Jackson	143.1 per 100k
13	Grant	180.0 per 100k
14	Cameron	180.8 per 100k
15	Claiborne	194.7 per 100k
16	Union	225.0 per 100k
17	Avoyelles	231.4 per 100k
18	East Feliciana	237.5 per 100k
19	Beauregard	244.0 per 100k
20	LaSalle	245.9 per 100k
21	West Feliciana	251.2 per 100k
22	Vermilion	258.3 per 100k
23	Webster	260.9 per 100k
24	St. Charles	287.4 per 100k
25	De Soto	299.9 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Louisiana counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Louisiana (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Louisiana

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