Baton Rouge Assault

Baton Rouge · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Baton Rouge police open data recorded 5,785 assault incidents, 17.5% of all 33,037 incidents reported in the city that year and down 5.0% from 2024. That is about 2,619 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,521 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Baton Rouge by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)4,521——
20255,7852,619down 5.0%
20246,0902,757up 1.6%
20235,9932,713up 11.5%
20225,3762,434down 8.9%
20215,9012,671—
20205——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 33,675 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. North Baton Rouge 480 incidents
  2. Scotlandville 365 incidents
  3. Brookstown 358 incidents
  4. North Sherwood Forest 270 incidents
  5. Jones Creek 268 incidents
  6. Old South Baton Rouge 261 incidents
  7. Delmont Place 250 incidents
  8. Mid City 237 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Baton Rouge in 2025?

5,785, according to Baton Rouge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Baton Rouge?

Reported assault was down 5.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 7.6% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Baton Rouge Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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