Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Pineville, LA Crime Grade
How Pineville 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
7/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2020, the violent crime rate in Pineville, LA was 944.7 per 100,000 residents (133 incidents over a population of 14,079). That puts Pineville 137% above the U.S. rate of 399.1 and 45% above the Louisiana statewide rate of 650.4.
That ranks Pineville #3,670 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #25 of 35 in Louisiana. Violent crime is up 18% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Pineville, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 944.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,670 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #25 of 35
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 18%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 14,079
- Reporting agency
- Pineville Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pineville Police Department (FBI ORI LA0400200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pineville, LA
Also known as
- Poste Du Rapides
- El Rapido
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. Pineville (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pineville vs. U.S., 2020 — 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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 945.8(136) | 1022.6(148) | 631.3(91) | 799.4(114) | 944.7(133) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.1(1) |
| Rape | 90.4(13) | 69.1(10) | 48.6(7) | 77.1(11) | 99.4(14) |
| Robbery | 69.5(10) | 89.8(13) | 48.6(7) | 42.1(6) | 71.0(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 785.9(113) | 863.7(125) | 534.2(77) | 680.2(97) | 767.1(108) |
| Property crime | 6252.2(899) | 7248.0(1,049) | 5522.0(796) | 5160.9(736) | 5000.4(704) |
| Burglary | 952.8(137) | 1381.9(200) | 1054.5(152) | 967.7(138) | 994.4(140) |
| Larceny | 4972.5(715) | 5562.1(805) | 4224.8(609) | 3884.7(554) | 3650.8(514) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 319.9(46) | 290.2(42) | 242.8(35) | 308.5(44) | 340.9(48) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pineville, 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 Pineville 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 Pineville calculated?
- Pineville'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 Pineville 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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