Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bossier City, LA Crime Grade
How Bossier City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Louisiana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Louisiana
6/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bossier City, LA was 704.1 per 100,000 residents (446 incidents over a population of 63,346). That puts Bossier City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 51% above the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
That ranks Bossier City #3,523 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 7% of them, and #20 of 35 in Louisiana. Violent crime is down 23% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Bossier City, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 704.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,523 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #20 of 35
- Safer than
- 7% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 23%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 63,346
- Reporting agency
- Bossier City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bossier City Police Department (FBI ORI LA0080100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bossier City (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bossier City vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 972.7(670) | 1008.3(636) | 915.3(573) | 917.9(576) | 704.1(446) |
| Murder | 7.3(5) | 9.5(6) | 12.8(8) | 11.2(7) | 3.2(2) |
| Rape | 65.3(45) | 72.9(46) | 95.8(60) | 79.7(50) | 60.0(38) |
| Robbery | 107.4(74) | 69.8(44) | 68.7(43) | 60.6(38) | 53.7(34) |
| Aggravated assault | 792.7(546) | 856.1(540) | 738.0(462) | 766.5(481) | 587.3(372) |
| Property crime | 4401.9(3,032) | 4681.5(2,953) | 4605.3(2,883) | 3716.3(2,332) | 3267.8(2,070) |
| Burglary | 508.1(350) | 566.0(357) | 560.7(351) | 482.9(303) | 318.9(202) |
| Larceny | 3512.0(2,419) | 3662.1(2,310) | 3519.1(2,203) | 2828.7(1,775) | 2655.3(1,682) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 376.0(259) | 447.1(282) | 512.8(321) | 392.0(246) | 287.3(182) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bossier City, LA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Bossier City Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Bossier City calculated?
- Bossier City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Louisiana state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Louisiana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Bossier City Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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