Baton Rouge Burglary

Baton Rouge · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Baton Rouge police open data recorded 1,891 burglary incidents, 5.7% of all 33,037 incidents reported in the city that year and down 23.0% from 2024. That is about 856 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,481 burglary incidents have been published.

Burglary in Baton Rouge by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,481——
20251,891856down 23.0%
20242,4551,111down 17.5%
20232,9751,347down 7.3%
20223,2101,453up 2.9%
20213,1191,412—
2020117—down 20.4%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 16,261 burglary incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most burglary (2025)

  1. Mid City 121 incidents
  2. North Baton Rouge 115 incidents
  3. Scotlandville 114 incidents
  4. Brookstown 112 incidents
  5. Jones Creek 109 incidents
  6. Old South Baton Rouge 95 incidents
  7. North Sherwood Forest 88 incidents
  8. South Campus 74 incidents

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

Questions

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

1,891, according to Baton Rouge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is burglary going up or down in Baton Rouge?

Reported burglary was down 23.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 41.1% compared with 2022 (falling 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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