Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0What the figures say about crime in New Iberia, LA
Broussard, 12 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C). New Iberia’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 3.
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported
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 11 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years New Iberia’s police reported
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| Year | New Iberia | Rest of Louisiana | New Iberia | Rest of Louisiana |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 42.7 | not reported | 10.1 |
| 2023 | not reported | 43.2 | not reported | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 31.3 | 34.6 | 10.1 | 8.8 |
| 2025 | 24.8 | 29.7 | 10.9 | 8.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
944 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.
288 violent and 656 property, as reported to the FBI by New Iberia’s police.
The nearest Louisiana towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of New Iberia. Nearby towns can differ a lot from New Iberia.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on New Iberia’s roads in 2019–2023
New Iberia had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for Louisiana towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (11.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of New Iberia’s size would see about 16 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Iberia’s own rate (3.6) 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.
New Iberia and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 New Iberia. 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 New Iberia’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,474 in 2025); our figure for New Iberia is 26,533 (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 New Iberia
Is New Iberia, LA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for New Iberia. The nearest Louisiana towns with a grade are Broussard (C, 12 mi), Erath (B−, 13 mi), Lafayette (D−, 19 mi).
Who polices New Iberia?
New Iberia’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Iberia”. 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.