Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gonzales, LA Crime Grade
How Gonzales 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Louisiana
5/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gonzales, LA was 512.0 per 100,000 residents (73 incidents over a population of 14,258). That puts Gonzales 57% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 10% above the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Gonzales (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gonzales 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 | 579.0(66) | 489.5(63) | 675.8(91) | 371.7(53) | 512.0(73) |
| Murder | 8.8(1) | 23.3(3) | 14.9(2) | 14.0(2) | 7.0(1) |
| Rape | 17.5(2) | 77.7(10) | 37.1(5) | 42.1(6) | 28.1(4) |
| Robbery | 35.1(4) | 108.8(14) | 104.0(14) | 63.1(9) | 70.1(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 517.6(59) | 279.7(36) | 519.8(70) | 252.5(36) | 406.8(58) |
| Property crime | 7483.1(853) | 6877.0(885) | 5079.5(684) | 3955.4(564) | 3177.2(453) |
| Burglary | 333.4(38) | 349.7(45) | 252.5(34) | 224.4(32) | 280.5(40) |
| Larceny | 6833.9(779) | 6154.3(792) | 4492.8(605) | 3387.3(483) | 2644.1(377) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 307.0(35) | 349.7(45) | 326.7(44) | 343.6(49) | 252.5(36) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Gonzales's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Louisiana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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