Photo: Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0Shreveport has more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
In a usual year, 10.4 violent crimes and 40.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Louisiana, 8.6 and 36.2. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Measured on crimes Shreveport’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D−: #36 of 46 graded towns in Louisiana, and #303 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 9% 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 Shreveport
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Louisiana towns on Shreveport’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Greenwood (D), Bossier City (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Louisiana towns, closer to the middle
Louisiana’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Shreveport’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 22% of the 46 Louisiana towns we grade, against 2% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Shreveport’s police reported 38 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 29.1 per 100,000 residents a year, 1.5 times the rest of Louisiana (19.1) and 5.1 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: about the same as the rest of Louisiana
81.9 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (103 reported in 2025), about the same as the rest of Louisiana (77.3) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Shreveport reports less crime per resident than 7% (#303). Places like 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 Shreveport’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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Shreveport | Rest of Louisiana | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.0 | 33.4 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 38.4 | 27.5 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 26.8 | 13.6 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 21.8 | 11.6 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Shreveport | Rest of Louisiana | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 128 | 142 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 106 | 108 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 80.0 | 58.6 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 59.2 | 47.8 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Shreveport’s police reported 38 homicides, 103 robberies and 2,016 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Louisiana and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Shreveport 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 12 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 | Shreveport property | Rest of Louisiana property | Shreveport violent | Rest of Louisiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.9 | 43.3 | 8.1 | 10.3 |
| 2023 | 44.7 | 43.0 | 7.4 | 9.6 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 33.5 | 12.3 | 8.2 |
| 2025 | 35.9 | 28.5 | 11.6 | 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.
8,263 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.
2,016 violent and 6,247 property, as reported to the FBI by Shreveport’s police.
135 people died in crashes on Shreveport’s roads in 2019–2023
Shreveport had 128 fatal crashes in five years, in which 135 people died; 35 were pedestrians. 18 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 14.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Louisiana towns of 100,000+ people (14.9, 5 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.
Shreveport and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shreveport | D− | 10.4 | 40.2 |
| Bossier City | D− | 8.4 | 38.4 |
| Greenwood | D | 5.0 | 30.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Louisiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shreveport | D− | 10.4 | 40.2 |
| Lafayette | D− | 10.0 | 41.3 |
The five graded Louisiana towns closest to Shreveport’s population (175,902), 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 Shreveport. 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 Shreveport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (174,114 in 2025); our figure for Shreveport is 175,902 (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 Shreveport
Is Shreveport, LA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Shreveport reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #36 of 46 in Louisiana. Its police reported 10.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.6 in the rest of Louisiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Shreveport?
10.4 violent and 40.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Louisiana reports 8.6 and 36.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Shreveport in 2025?
Shreveport’s police reported 38 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 21.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Shreveport safer than Bossier City?
Bossier City reports less crime per resident than Shreveport: Bossier City grades D− for safety and Shreveport D−. Bossier City’s police reported 8.4 violent and 38.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Shreveport?
Shreveport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Shreveport”. 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.