Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Monroe, LA Crime Grade
How Monroe 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
10/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Monroe, LA was 1634.5 per 100,000 residents (758 incidents over a population of 46,376). That puts Monroe Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 251% above the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
That ranks Monroe #3,758 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 0% of them, and #34 of 35 in Louisiana. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
Monroe, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1634.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,758 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #34 of 35
- Safer than
- 0% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 46,376
- Reporting agency
- Monroe Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Monroe Police Department (FBI ORI LA0370100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Monroe, LA
Also known as
- Fort Miro
- Puesto De Ouachitta
- Poste du Ouachita
- Fuerte Miro
- Prairie of the Canoes
- Prairie des Canots
- Poste d'Ouachita
- Post of Ouachita
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. Monroe (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Monroe 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 | 2661.9(1,246) | 2739.4(1,285) | 2106.4(978) | 1894.6(877) | 1634.5(758) |
| Murder | 40.6(19) | 38.4(18) | 47.4(22) | 15.1(7) | 21.6(10) |
| Rape | 19.2(9) | 38.4(18) | 28.0(13) | 30.2(14) | 19.4(9) |
| Robbery | 237.1(111) | 228.1(107) | 155.1(72) | 164.2(76) | 101.3(47) |
| Aggravated assault | 2365.0(1,107) | 2434.6(1,142) | 1876.0(871) | 1685.0(780) | 1492.2(692) |
| Property crime | 5702.0(2,669) | 6757.9(3,170) | 6078.1(2,822) | 5765.8(2,669) | 5175.1(2,400) |
| Burglary | 1119.5(524) | 1419.8(666) | 1076.9(500) | 1406.4(651) | 1015.6(471) |
| Larceny | 4163.8(1,949) | 4879.8(2,289) | 4540.3(2,108) | 4007.3(1,855) | 3894.3(1,806) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 412.3(193) | 449.8(211) | 454.5(211) | 350.0(162) | 258.8(120) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Monroe, 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 Monroe 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 Monroe calculated?
- Monroe'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 Monroe 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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