Sulphur, LA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sulphur, LA Summary

Crime in Sulphur research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Sulphur 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 Sulphur:

  • There were 811 total crimes committed in Sulphur the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,141.8 total crimes per 100K people in Sulphur.
  • The overall crime rate in Sulphur is 78.20% above the national average.
  • Sulphur ranks #77 safest out of 110 cities in Louisiana.
  • Sulphur ranks #9,044 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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Sulphur Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sulphur is 4,141.8 per 100,000 people. That's 78.20% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 17.54% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 3,523.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sulphur
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 811 4,141.8 3,523.8 2,324.2
Murder 1 5.1 15.8 6.3
Robbery 6 30.6 80.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 62 316.6 497.0 268.2
Violent Crime 84 429.0 639.4 369.8
Burglary 172 878.4 510.1 269.8
Larceny 517 2,640.3 2,107.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 38 194.1 266.9 282.7
Property Crime 727 3,712.8 2,884.4 1,954.4

Sulphur 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 Sulphur

84
Violent Crimes
429.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
16.01%
Above The National Average
  • There were 84 violent crimes in Sulphur in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sulphur is 429.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 233.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sulphur each year. That compares to a 1 in 156.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 16.01% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -32.91% lower than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 639.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sulphur

727
Property Crimes
3,712.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
89.97%
Above The National Average
  • There were 727 property crimes in Sulphur in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sulphur is 3,712.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 26.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sulphur each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 89.97% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 28.72% higher than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,884.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sulphur

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Beaumont, TX 110,898 5,503 4,962.2 3,881.9 1,080.3
Lake Charles, LA 77,054 2,883 3,741.5 3,112.1 629.4
Orange, TX 19,056 410 2,151.6 1,663.5 488.0
Nederland, TX 18,034 316 1,752.2 1,563.7 188.5
Groves, TX 16,682 247 1,480.6 1,156.9 323.7
Port Neches, TX 13,293 167 1,256.3 970.4 285.9
Jennings, LA 9,664 375 3,880.4 3,218.1 662.3
Westlake, LA 4,464 131 2,934.6 2,777.8 156.8
Vinton, LA 2,973 111 3,733.6 3,296.3 437.3

Sulphur SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
5
Commute
9
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