Photo: TheLionHasSeen · CC BY-SA 4.0Bossier City sees more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 95%. Police counts work out at 8.4 violent crimes and 38.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Louisiana they are 8.9 and 36.7. The grade is D−, built on crimes Bossier City’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #32 of 46 graded towns in Louisiana. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 28% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Bossier City
Bossier City reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Louisiana towns on Bossier City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Shreveport (D−). Red Chute is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Louisiana towns, closer to the middle
Louisiana’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Bossier City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 30% of the 46 Louisiana towns we grade, against 3% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 Bossier City’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bossier City property | Rest of Louisiana property | Bossier City violent | Rest of Louisiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46.7 | 42.5 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 45.7 | 43.1 | 9.1 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 36.8 | 34.4 | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| 2025 | 32.6 | 29.4 | 7.0 | 8.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Louisiana.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bossier City | Rest of Louisiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bossier City’s police reported 1,589 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.9 in the rest of Louisiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bossier City 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 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,514 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.
446 violent and 2,068 property, as reported to the FBI by Bossier City’s police.
30 people died in crashes on Bossier City’s roads in 2019–2023
Bossier City had 29 fatal crashes in five years, in which 30 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Bossier City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bossier City | D− | 8.4 | 38.4 |
| Red Chute | — | — | — |
| Shreveport | D− | 10.4 | 40.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Red Chute is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Louisiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bossier City | D− | 8.4 | 38.4 |
| Kenner | C− | 3.2 | 26.9 |
| Lake Charles | D | 6.4 | 26.0 |
| Lafayette | D− | 10.0 | 41.3 |
| Monroe | D− | 18.8 | 56.5 |
| Alexandria | D− | 23.8 | 62.6 |
The five graded Louisiana towns closest to Bossier City’s population (63,259), 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 Bossier City. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bossier City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (63,346 in 2025); our figure for Bossier City is 63,259 (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 Bossier City
Is Bossier City, LA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bossier City reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #32 of 46 in Louisiana. Its police reported 8.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.9 in the rest of Louisiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bossier City?
8.4 violent and 38.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Louisiana reports 8.9 and 36.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Bossier City in 2025?
Bossier City’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Bossier City safer than Shreveport?
Shreveport reports more crime per resident than Bossier City: Shreveport grades D− for safety and Bossier City D−. Shreveport’s police reported 10.4 violent and 40.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bossier City?
Bossier City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bossier City”. 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.