Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Central, LA Crime Grade
How Central 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Louisiana
1/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Central, LA was 0.0 per 100,000 residents (0 incidents over a population of 30,312). That puts Central NaN% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 100% below the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
That ranks Central #5 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 100% of them, and #1 of 35 in Louisiana.
Central, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 0.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #5 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #1 of 35
- Safer than
- 100% of U.S. cities
- Population
- 30,312
- Reporting agency
- Central Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Central Police Department (FBI ORI LA0173400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Central (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Central 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 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 0.0(0) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 62.7(19) |
| Burglary | 6.6(2) |
| Larceny | 46.2(14) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 9.9(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Central, 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 Central 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 Central calculated?
- Central'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 Central 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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