Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0Property crime per resident is lower in Patterson than in 88% of U.S. towns
Overall, it grades B for safety (#5 of 46 graded towns in Louisiana). In a usual year, 2.7 violent crimes and 3.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Louisiana, 8.9 and 36.9.
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 Patterson
Among Louisiana towns, higher
Louisiana’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Patterson’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 89% of the 46 Louisiana towns we grade, against 61% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Patterson’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Patterson’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Patterson | Rest of Louisiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.5 | 10.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Patterson’s police reported 45 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 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 Patterson 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Patterson property | Rest of Louisiana property | Patterson violent | Rest of Louisiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.5 | 42.8 | 6.5 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 43.3 | 3.4 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 34.7 | 2.7 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 29.8 | 2.0 | 8.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Louisiana.
25 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.
11 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Patterson’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Patterson’s roads in 2019–2023
Patterson had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four 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 Patterson’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Patterson’s own rate (13.9) 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.
Patterson and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson | B | 2.7 | 3.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Louisiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson | B | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| Tallulah | C | 5.9 | 3.5 |
| Westlake | C | 2.6 | 19.2 |
| Plaquemine | D− | 10.2 | 30.0 |
| Port Allen | D− | 12.6 | 23.8 |
| Marksville | D− | 17.8 | 43.2 |
The five graded Louisiana towns closest to Patterson’s population (5,565), 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 Patterson. 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 Patterson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,543 in 2025); our figure for Patterson is 5,565 (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 Patterson
Is Patterson, LA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Patterson reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #5 of 46 in Louisiana. Its police reported 2.7 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 Patterson?
2.7 violent and 3.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Louisiana reports 8.9 and 36.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Patterson?
Patterson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Patterson”. 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.