Lyons House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Abbeville, LA
Abbeville has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.
For every 1,000 residents, about 21 property crimes reported
And about 8 violent crimes, in 2022. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Crimes reported to police in 2022 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
The years Abbeville’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Louisiana. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
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| Year | Abbeville | Rest of Louisiana | Abbeville | Rest of Louisiana |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.3 | 42.8 | 7.7 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | not reported | 43.2 | not reported | 9.4 |
| 2024 | not reported | 34.5 | not reported | 8.9 |
| 2025 | not reported | 29.6 | not reported | 8.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
319 crimes reported in 2022
85 violent and 234 property, as reported to the FBI by Abbeville’s police.
2022 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest Louisiana towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erath | B− | 5 mi | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Broussard | C | 15 mi | 1.9 | 19.7 |
| Lafayette | D− | 17 mi | 10.0 | 41.3 |
| Church Point | C | 30 mi | 5.2 | 7.3 |
| Lake Arthur | A | 34 mi | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Jennings | D− | 36 mi | 9.9 | 37.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Abbeville. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Abbeville.
Five people died in crashes on Abbeville’s roads in 2019–2023
Abbeville had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Louisiana towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (10.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Abbeville’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Abbeville’s own rate (9.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Abbeville and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Perry is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Abbeville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Abbeville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,968 in 2022); our figure for Abbeville is 10,861 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Abbeville
Is Abbeville, LA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Abbeville. Abbeville has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Louisiana towns with a grade are Erath (B−, 5 mi), Broussard (C, 15 mi), Lafayette (D−, 17 mi).
Who polices Abbeville?
Abbeville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Abbeville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Abbeville.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.