Baton Rouge Homicide
Baton Rouge · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Baton Rouge police open data recorded 53 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 33,037 incidents reported in the city that year and down 32.1% from 2024. That is about 24.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 37 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Baton Rouge by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 37 | — | — |
| 2025 | 53 | 24.0 | down 32.1% |
| 2024 | 78 | 35.3 | down 4.9% |
| 2023 | 82 | 37.1 | down 5.7% |
| 2022 | 87 | 39.4 | down 28.7% |
| 2021 | 122 | 55.2 | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — |
— : the police feed published no homicide incidents that year (usually a change in how it labels offenses), so the count is unknown rather than zero.
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 459 homicide incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)
- North Baton Rouge 6 incidents
- Delmont Place 5 incidents
- Scotlandville 4 incidents
- Jones Creek 3 incidents
- Old South Baton Rouge 3 incidents
- North Sherwood Forest 3 incidents
- Fairfields 2 incidents
- Center City 2 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Baton Rouge in 2025?
53, according to Baton Rouge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Baton Rouge?
Reported homicide was down 32.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 39.1% 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.
Other crime types in Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge other 11,186 in 2025
- Baton Rouge assault 5,785 in 2025
- Baton Rouge theft 5,765 in 2025
- Baton Rouge vandalism 3,108 in 2025
- Baton Rouge theft from vehicle 2,010 in 2025
- Baton Rouge burglary 1,891 in 2025
- Baton Rouge auto theft 1,339 in 2025
- Baton Rouge fraud 1,103 in 2025
- Baton Rouge robbery 500 in 2025
- Baton Rouge sexual assault 297 in 2025