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Lake Charles Crime Rate Report (Louisiana)

Lake Charles crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lake Charles for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Lake Charles in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 102.65% and the city property crime rate in Lake Charles was higher than the national property crime rate average by 56.64%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lake Charles was higher than the violent crime rate in Louisiana by 28.89% and the city property crime rate in Lake Charles was higher than the property crime rate in Louisiana by 22.26%.

Property and Violent Crime
Lake Charles Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Lake Charles Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Lake Charles Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault429
Arson3
Burglary398
Larceny and Theft1,396
Motor Vehicle Theft136
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape34
Robbery56
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,502
Property Crime1,930
Violent Crime533
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault362
Arson3
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft1,421
Motor Vehicle Theft157
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape31
Robbery15
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,140
Property Crime1,568
Violent Crime423

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Lake Charles Property Crime

Lake Charles Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Lake Charles Crime 2025

Lake Charles Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Lake Charles Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Lake Charles Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Lake Charles, Louisiana crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Lake Charles crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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