Jennings, LA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Jennings, LA Summary

Crime in Jennings research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Jennings over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Jennings:

  • There were 375 total crimes committed in Jennings the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,880.4 total crimes per 100K people in Jennings.
  • The overall crime rate in Jennings is 66.96% above the national average.
  • Jennings ranks #74 safest out of 110 cities in Louisiana.
  • Jennings ranks #8,881 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Jennings Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Jennings is 3,880.4 per 100,000 people. That's 66.96% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 10.12% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 3,523.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Jennings
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 375 3,880.4 3,523.8 2,324.2
Murder 1 10.3 15.8 6.3
Robbery 2 20.7 80.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 56 579.5 497.0 268.2
Violent Crime 64 662.3 639.4 369.8
Burglary 57 589.8 510.1 269.8
Larceny 227 2,348.9 2,107.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 27 279.4 266.9 282.7
Property Crime 311 3,218.1 2,884.4 1,954.4

Jennings Crime Compared To Louisiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Louisiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Jennings

64
Violent Crimes
662.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
79.08%
Above The National Average
  • There were 64 violent crimes in Jennings in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Jennings is 662.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 151.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Jennings each year. That compares to a 1 in 156.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 79.08% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 3.57% higher than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 639.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Jennings

311
Property Crimes
3,218.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
64.66%
Above The National Average
  • There were 311 property crimes in Jennings in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Jennings is 3,218.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 31.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Jennings each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 64.66% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 11.57% higher than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,884.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Jennings

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lafayette, LA 121,546 5,915 4,866.5 4,387.6 478.8
Lake Charles, LA 77,054 2,883 3,741.5 3,112.1 629.4
Sulphur, LA 19,581 811 4,141.8 3,712.8 429.0
Opelousas, LA 15,447 1,292 8,364.1 6,182.4 2,181.7
Crowley, LA 12,621 664 5,261.1 3,811.1 1,450.0
Abbeville, LA 10,968 319 2,908.5 2,133.5 775.0
Eunice, LA 9,939 560 5,634.4 5,040.7 593.6
Breaux Bridge, LA 8,149 396 4,859.5 4,049.6 809.9
Welsh, LA 3,227 93 2,881.9 2,138.2 743.7
Lake Arthur, LA 2,749 69 2,510.0 2,182.6 327.4

Jennings SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
3
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
6
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