Westlake has more property crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns
Overall, it grades C for safety (#13 of 46 graded towns in Louisiana). In a usual year, 2.6 violent crimes and 19.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Louisiana, 8.9 and 36.8.
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 Westlake
Among Louisiana towns, closer to the middle
Louisiana’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Westlake’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 72% of the 46 Louisiana towns we grade, against 28% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Westlake’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. Its violent rate (2.6) 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 | Westlake | Rest of Louisiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Westlake’s police reported 36 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 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 Westlake 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 3 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 | Westlake property | Rest of Louisiana property | Westlake violent | Rest of Louisiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.8 | 42.7 | 1.6 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 23.0 | 43.3 | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 19.0 | 34.6 | 2.8 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 15.6 | 29.7 | 3.4 | 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.
89 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.
16 violent and 73 property, as reported to the FBI by Westlake’s police.
One person died in crashes on Westlake’s roads in 2019–2023
Westlake had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Louisiana towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Westlake’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Westlake’s own rate (4.2) 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.
Westlake and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake | C | 2.6 | 19.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Louisiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake | C | 2.6 | 19.2 |
| Patterson | B | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| Tallulah | C | 5.9 | 3.5 |
| Port Allen | D− | 12.6 | 23.8 |
| Winnfield | D− | 12.4 | 37.3 |
| Marksville | D− | 17.8 | 43.2 |
The five graded Louisiana towns closest to Westlake’s population (4,763), 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 Westlake. 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 Westlake’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,683 in 2025); our figure for Westlake is 4,763 (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 Westlake
Is Westlake, LA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Westlake reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #13 of 46 in Louisiana. Its police reported 2.6 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 Westlake?
2.6 violent and 19.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Louisiana reports 8.9 and 36.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Westlake?
Westlake’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Westlake”. 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.