Shreveport, LA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Shreveport, LA Summary

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

  • There were 9,138 total crimes committed in Shreveport in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,219.0 total crimes per 100K people in Shreveport.
  • The overall crime rate in Shreveport is 146.27% above the national average.
  • Shreveport ranks #70 safest out of 83 cities in Louisiana.
  • Shreveport ranks #9,600 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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Shreveport Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shreveport is 5,219.0 per 100,000 people. That's 146.27% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 85.32% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 2,816.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shreveport
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 9,138 5,219.0 2,816.2 2,119.2
Murder 47 26.8 10.8 5.0
Robbery 140 80.0 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1,818 1,038.3 436.0 256.0
Violent Crime 2,151 1,228.5 519.8 359.0
Burglary 1,368 781.3 405.4 229.0
Larceny 4,603 2,628.9 1,636.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 1,016 580.3 254.8 259.0
Property Crime 6,987 3,990.5 2,296.4 1,760.0

Shreveport 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 Shreveport

2,151
Violent Crimes
1,228.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
242.20%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,151 violent crimes in Shreveport in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shreveport is 1,228.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 81.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shreveport each year. That compares to a 1 in 192.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 242.20% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 136.33% higher than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 519.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shreveport

6,987
Property Crimes
3,990.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
126.73%
Above The National Average
  • There were 6,987 property crimes in Shreveport in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shreveport is 3,990.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 25.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shreveport each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 126.73% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 73.77% higher than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,296.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shreveport

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Marshall, TX 24,382 468 1,919.4 1,574.9 344.5
Jamestown, ND 15,651 210 1,341.8 1,239.5 102.2
Minden, LA 11,050 368 3,330.3 2,533.9 796.4
Mansfield, LA 4,511 46 1,019.7 399.0 620.7
Springhill, LA 4,424 57 1,288.4 1,107.6 180.8
Blanchard, LA 3,341 23 688.4 568.7 119.7
Greenwood, LA 3,075 107 3,479.7 3,089.4 390.2

Shreveport SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
3
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
9
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