Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0West Monroe has more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
On crimes West Monroe’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D− for safety: #41 of 46 graded towns in Louisiana. The graded rate fell 12% from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 11.9 violent crimes and 57.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 8.8 and 36.6 in the rest of Louisiana. Violent crime here is higher than in 99% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 99%.
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 West Monroe
West Monroe reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Louisiana towns on West Monroe’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Monroe (D−). Claiborne and Brownsville are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
A job center
West Monroe has 12,009 jobs based in town for 12,478 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 West Monroe’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Show as a table
| Year | West Monroe | Rest of Louisiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.2 | 10.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 11.6 | 8.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Monroe’s police reported 443 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.8 in the rest of Louisiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in West Monroe 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 11 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
Show as a table
| Year | West Monroe property | Rest of Louisiana property | West Monroe violent | Rest of Louisiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64.6 | 42.5 | 17.2 | 10.0 |
| 2023 | 59.0 | 43.1 | 13.6 | 9.3 |
| 2024 | 58.9 | 34.2 | 11.6 | 8.8 |
| 2025 | 53.4 | 29.4 | 10.6 | 8.1 |
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.
790 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.
131 violent and 659 property, as reported to the FBI by West Monroe’s police.
Four people died in crashes on West Monroe’s roads in 2019–2023
West Monroe had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 West Monroe’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Monroe’s own rate (6.3) 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.
West Monroe and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Monroe | D− | 11.9 | 57.1 |
| Claiborne | — | — | — |
| Brownsville | — | — | — |
| Monroe | D− | 18.8 | 56.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Claiborne and Brownsville are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Louisiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Monroe | D− | 11.9 | 57.1 |
| Mandeville | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Covington | B− | 2.5 | 9.8 |
| Baker | C | 4.0 | 15.4 |
| Morgan City | D | 6.1 | 28.0 |
| Gonzales | D | 5.2 | 40.3 |
The five graded Louisiana towns closest to West Monroe’s population (12,478), 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 West Monroe. 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 West Monroe’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,336 in 2025); our figure for West Monroe is 12,478 (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 West Monroe
Is West Monroe, LA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Monroe reports more crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #41 of 46 in Louisiana. Its police reported 11.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.8 in the rest of Louisiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in West Monroe?
11.9 violent and 57.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Louisiana reports 8.8 and 36.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is West Monroe safer than Monroe?
Monroe reports more crime per resident than West Monroe: Monroe grades D− for safety and West Monroe D−. Monroe’s police reported 18.8 violent and 56.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Monroe?
West Monroe’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Monroe”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in West Monroe.
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.