Bastrop, LA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Bastrop, LA Summary

Crime in Bastrop research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bastrop over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bastrop:

  • There were 550 total crimes committed in Bastrop in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 6,255.7 total crimes per 100K people in Bastrop.
  • The overall crime rate in Bastrop is 195.19% above the national average.
  • Bastrop ranks #76 safest out of 83 cities in Louisiana.
  • Bastrop ranks #9,723 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Bastrop Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bastrop is 6,255.7 per 100,000 people. That's 195.19% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 122.13% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 2,816.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bastrop
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 550 6,255.7 2,816.2 2,119.2
Murder 2 22.7 10.8 5.0
Robbery 3 34.1 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 118 1,342.1 436.0 256.0
Violent Crime 125 1,421.7 519.8 359.0
Burglary 118 1,342.1 405.4 229.0
Larceny 291 3,309.8 1,636.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 16 182.0 254.8 259.0
Property Crime 425 4,833.9 2,296.4 1,760.0

Bastrop Crime Compared To Louisiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Louisiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Bastrop

125
Violent Crimes
1,421.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
296.03%
Above The National Average
  • There were 125 violent crimes in Bastrop in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bastrop is 1,421.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 70.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bastrop each year. That compares to a 1 in 192.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 296.03% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 173.51% higher than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 519.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bastrop

425
Property Crimes
4,833.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
174.66%
Above The National Average
  • There were 425 property crimes in Bastrop in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bastrop is 4,833.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 20.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bastrop each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 174.66% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 110.50% higher than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,296.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Bastrop

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Monroe, LA 46,290 3,530 7,625.8 5,733.4 1,892.4
Ruston, LA 22,259 753 3,382.9 2,956.1 426.8
West Monroe, LA 12,368 871 7,042.4 5,886.2 1,156.2
Tallulah, LA 5,638 45 798.2 337.0 461.2
Crossett, AR 4,507 163 3,616.6 2,840.0 776.6

Bastrop SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
3
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
3
Commute
8.5
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