Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Alexandria records more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
Recorded violent crimes ran at 23.8 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 62.6, against 8.3 and 35.8 in the rest of Louisiana. Add to that, a Safety Grade of D− follows from crimes Alexandria’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025. It has more violent crime than 100% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 99%.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of LA” is every other Louisiana city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Alexandria
A job center
Alexandria has 32,163 jobs based in town for 42,938 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Alexandria’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Alexandria | Rest of Louisiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.8 | 9.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 19.7 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 27.1 | 8.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 24.5 | 7.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Alexandria’s police reported 3,066 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 23.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.3 in the rest of Louisiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Alexandria per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 25 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Alexandria property | Rest of Louisiana property | Alexandria violent | Rest of Louisiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 63.2 | 42.1 | 17.8 | 9.8 |
| 2023 | 63.9 | 42.6 | 19.7 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 66.0 | 33.2 | 27.1 | 8.1 |
| 2025 | 57.7 | 28.5 | 24.5 | 7.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Louisiana.
3,506 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
1,044 violent and 2,462 property, as reported to the FBI by Alexandria’s police.
32 people died in crashes on Alexandria’s roads in 2019–2023
Alexandria had 32 fatal crashes in five years, in which 32 people died; 16 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 14.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Louisiana towns of 25,000–100,000 people (11.3, 11 towns).
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.
Alexandria and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | D− | 23.8 | 62.6 |
| Pineville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pineville has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Louisiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | D− | 23.8 | 62.6 |
| Slidell | C− | 2.8 | 24.0 |
| Kenner | C− | 3.2 | 26.9 |
| Bossier City | D− | 8.4 | 38.4 |
| Hammond | D− | 6.8 | 54.3 |
| Monroe | D− | 18.8 | 56.5 |
The five graded Louisiana towns closest to Alexandria’s population (42,938), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Alexandria. 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 Alexandria’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (42,654 in 2025); our figure for Alexandria is 42,938 (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 Alexandria
Is Alexandria, LA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Alexandria reports more crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 23.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.3 in the rest of Louisiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Alexandria?
23.8 violent and 62.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Louisiana reports 8.3 and 35.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Alexandria in 2025?
Alexandria’s police reported 9 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 21.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Alexandria?
Alexandria’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alexandria”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.