Baton Rouge Robbery
Baton Rouge · Robbery · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Baton Rouge police open data recorded 500 robbery incidents, 1.5% of all 33,037 incidents reported in the city that year and down 17.2% from 2024. That is about 226 per 100,000 residents, compared with 136 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 338 robbery incidents have been published.
Robbery in Baton Rouge by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 338 | — | — |
| 2025 | 500 | 226 | down 17.2% |
| 2024 | 604 | 273 | up 10.6% |
| 2023 | 546 | 247 | down 2.0% |
| 2022 | 557 | 252 | up 10.3% |
| 2021 | 505 | 229 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 3,053 robbery incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most robbery (2025)
- North Baton Rouge 40 incidents
- Brookstown 34 incidents
- Delmont Place 31 incidents
- Scotlandville 31 incidents
- Mid City 24 incidents
- Jones Creek 24 incidents
- Old South Baton Rouge 22 incidents
- Downtown East 20 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many robbery incidents were reported in Baton Rouge in 2025?
500, according to Baton Rouge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is robbery going up or down in Baton Rouge?
Reported robbery was down 17.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 10.2% 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 sexual assault 297 in 2025
- Baton Rouge homicide 53 in 2025