Covington, LA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Covington, LA Summary

Crime in Covington research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Covington 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 Covington:

  • There were 138 total crimes committed in Covington in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,185.5 total crimes per 100K people in Covington.
  • The overall crime rate in Covington is -44.06% below the national average.
  • Covington ranks #27 safest out of 83 cities in Louisiana.
  • Covington ranks #5,078 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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Covington Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Covington is 1,185.5 per 100,000 people. That's -44.06% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -57.91% lower than the Louisiana total crime rate of 2,816.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Covington
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 138 1,185.5 2,816.2 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 10.8 5.0
Robbery 1 8.6 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 146.0 436.0 256.0
Violent Crime 20 171.8 519.8 359.0
Burglary 18 154.6 405.4 229.0
Larceny 94 807.5 1,636.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 51.5 254.8 259.0
Property Crime 118 1,013.7 2,296.4 1,760.0

Covington 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 Covington

20
Violent Crimes
171.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-52.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Covington in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Covington is 171.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 582.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Covington each year. That compares to a 1 in 192.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -52.14% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -66.95% lower than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 519.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Covington

118
Property Crimes
1,013.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-42.41%
Below The National Average
  • There were 118 property crimes in Covington in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Covington is 1,013.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 98.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Covington each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -42.41% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -55.86% lower than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,296.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Covington

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
New Orleans, LA 364,197 23,493 6,450.6 5,089.6 1,361.1
Kenner, LA 62,377 1,982 3,177.5 2,832.8 344.7
Hammond, LA 20,847 1,629 7,814.1 6,586.1 1,228.0
Gretna, LA 16,788 710 4,229.2 3,800.3 428.9
Mandeville, LA 13,053 178 1,363.7 1,233.4 130.2
Bogalusa, LA 10,252 548 5,345.3 4,213.8 1,131.5
Westwego, LA 8,021 202 2,518.4 2,094.5 423.9
Ponchatoula, LA 7,784 189 2,428.1 1,978.4 449.6

Covington SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
6
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