Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gretna, LA Crime Grade
How Gretna 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
3/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gretna, LA was 305.1 per 100,000 residents (52 incidents over a population of 17,044). That puts Gretna 6% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 35% below the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
That ranks Gretna #2,665 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #9 of 35 in Louisiana. Violent crime is down 32% year over year and down 57% over the last five years.
Gretna, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 305.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,665 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #9 of 35
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 32%
- 5-year change
- down 57%
- Population
- 17,044
- Reporting agency
- Gretna Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gretna Police Department (FBI ORI LA0260100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gretna, LA
Also known as
- Mechanikham
- Mechancisk Village
- Mechanicks Village
- Mechanickkham
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. Gretna (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gretna 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 | 710.1(125) | 593.4(103) | 467.0(79) | 446.7(75) | 305.1(52) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 5.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 11.9(2) | 29.3(5) |
| Rape | 28.4(5) | 40.3(7) | 17.7(3) | 29.8(5) | 11.7(2) |
| Robbery | 68.2(12) | 74.9(13) | 35.5(6) | 53.6(9) | 11.7(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 613.5(108) | 472.4(82) | 413.8(70) | 351.4(59) | 252.3(43) |
| Property crime | 2931.3(516) | 3629.5(630) | 3777.0(639) | 3800.3(638) | 2898.4(494) |
| Burglary | 386.3(68) | 426.3(74) | 378.3(64) | 345.5(58) | 281.6(48) |
| Larceny | 2261.0(398) | 2886.3(501) | 3109.1(526) | 3121.3(524) | 2452.5(418) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 278.4(49) | 305.3(53) | 277.8(47) | 333.6(56) | 152.5(26) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gretna, 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 Gretna 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 Gretna calculated?
- Gretna'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 Gretna 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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