Scott, LA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Scott, LA Summary

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

  • There were 205 total crimes committed in Scott in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,299.0 total crimes per 100K people in Scott.
  • The overall crime rate in Scott is 8.48% above the national average.
  • Scott ranks #39 safest out of 83 cities in Louisiana.
  • Scott ranks #7,744 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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Scott Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Scott is 2,299.0 per 100,000 people. That's 8.48% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -18.37% lower than the Louisiana total crime rate of 2,816.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Scott
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 205 2,299.0 2,816.2 2,119.2
Murder 1 11.2 10.8 5.0
Robbery 1 11.2 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 51 571.9 436.0 256.0
Violent Crime 59 661.7 519.8 359.0
Burglary 21 235.5 405.4 229.0
Larceny 102 1,143.9 1,636.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 23 257.9 254.8 259.0
Property Crime 146 1,637.3 2,296.4 1,760.0

Scott 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 Scott

59
Violent Crimes
661.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
84.31%
Above The National Average
  • There were 59 violent crimes in Scott in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Scott is 661.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 151.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Scott each year. That compares to a 1 in 192.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 84.31% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 27.29% higher than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 519.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Scott

146
Property Crimes
1,637.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-6.97%
Below The National Average
  • There were 146 property crimes in Scott in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Scott is 1,637.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Scott each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -6.97% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -28.70% lower than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,296.4 per 100,000 people.

Scott SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
7
Amenities
7
Education
6
Commute
5
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