LIST: Safest cities in Louisiana ranked

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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — SafeWise just released their seventh annual Safest Cities report for Louisiana.

Louisiana 2021 crime rates have dropped compared to last year according to reports. Although it has decreased, according to SafeWise, gun violence has doubled.

Here are the 10 Safest Cities in Louisiana for 2021

1. Addis
2. Harahan
3. Youngsville
4. Mandeville
5. Tallulah
6. Westwego
7. Rayne
8. Scott
9. Carencro
10. Kenner

Didn’t find your city in the top 10?

SafeWise calculated crime rates for every city in the state that met its population threshold based on the state’s median population. See how the remaining cities ranked in the list below.

NOTE: If you don’t see your city on the list, it means that it was below the population threshold or didn’t submit a complete crime report to the FBI in 2019.

2021 Rank	City	Population	VC per 1,000	PC per 1,000
11	Slidell	27.77K	2.7	28.5
12	Baker	13.24K	3.9	24.6
13	Broussard	12.99K	2.5	33.0
14	Ruston	22.15K	3.8	30.6
15	Zachary	18.01K	4.4	35.3
16	Sulphur	20.20K	3.3	43.8
17	Thibodaux	14.59K	5.6	35.3
18	Lake Charles	78.73K	5.2	36.9
19	Abbeville	12.14K	8.3	25.9
20	Lafayette	126.69K	5.2	43.0
21	Ville Platte	7.03K	1.3	58.3
22	Gretna	17.73K	6.7	40.4
23	Minden	11.98K	8.8	33.1
24	Houma	32.77K	6.4	45.4
25	Walker	6.30K	5.2	52.1
26	Eunice	9.94K	5.1	55.3
27	Bossier City	69.04K	7.9	46.7
28	Shreveport	187.56K	7.8	49.0
29	Pineville	14.26K	8.0	51.6
30	Baton Rouge	220.65K	9.4	52.9
31	Crowley	12.62K	12.5	41.8
32	Breaux Bridge	8.24K	5.1	73.4
33	Bogalusa	11.68K	12.6	46.1
34	New Orleans	394.50K	11.4	52.9
35	Gonzales	10.94K	5.6	85.3
36	Natchitoches	17.75K	10.0	68.8
37	West Monroe	12.35K	9.1	73.3
38	Ponchatoula	7.48K	10.4	69.9
39	Bastrop	10.16K	10.0	81.4
40	Monroe	47.75K	17.7	65.8
41	Alexandria	46.63K	15.7	89.6
42	Opelousas	16.05K	24.5	80.2