Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Carencro, LA Crime Grade
How Carencro 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Louisiana
4/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Carencro, LA was 379.3 per 100,000 residents (53 incidents over a population of 13,973). That puts Carencro 17% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 19% below the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
That ranks Carencro #2,955 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #12 of 35 in Louisiana. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and up 70% over the last five years.
Carencro, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 379.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,955 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #12 of 35
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- up 70%
- Population
- 13,973
- Reporting agency
- Carencro Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Carencro Police Department (FBI ORI LA0280200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Carencro, LA
Also known as
- La Chapelle
- Saint Pierre
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Carencro (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Carencro 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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 223.6(20) | 239.8(22) | 362.2(34) | 414.7(58) | 379.3(53) |
| Murder | 22.4(2) | 10.9(1) | 32.0(3) | 7.2(1) | 7.2(1) |
| Rape | 11.2(1) | 10.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 14.3(2) |
| Robbery | 44.7(4) | 54.5(5) | 0.0(0) | 21.5(3) | 28.6(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 145.3(13) | 163.5(15) | 330.2(31) | 386.1(54) | 329.2(46) |
| Property crime | 2359.1(211) | 2855.9(262) | 2301.1(216) | 2045.0(286) | 1567.3(219) |
| Burglary | 268.3(24) | 403.3(37) | 458.1(43) | 572.0(80) | 386.5(54) |
| Larceny | 1934.3(173) | 2387.2(219) | 1843.0(173) | 1372.9(192) | 1152.2(161) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 156.5(14) | 65.4(6) | 0.0(0) | 93.0(13) | 28.6(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Carencro, 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 Carencro 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 Carencro calculated?
- Carencro'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 Carencro 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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