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Safety in Laplace · Not graded

Crime reported in Laplace, LA

Laplace has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Louisiana towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
GramercyC+13 mi2.014.1
KennerC−14 mi3.226.9
HarahanB+19 mi1.37.5
WestwegoC−23 mi4.617.7
PonchatoulaC−26 mi4.223.9
GretnaD28 mi4.034.7

Straight-line distance from the center of Laplace. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Laplace.

On the roads

21 people died in crashes on Laplace’s roads in 2019–2023

Laplace had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.

That is 14.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Louisiana towns of 25,000–100,000 people (11.3, 11 towns).

21
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
6
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
14.8
per 100,000 a year · Louisiana towns of 25,000–100,000: 11.3

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.

Next door

Laplace and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Reserve———
Edgard———
Montz———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Reserve, Edgard and Montz are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Laplace

Is Laplace, LA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Laplace. Laplace 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 Gramercy (C+, 13 mi), Kenner (C−, 14 mi), Harahan (B+, 19 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.