Baton Rouge Theft

Baton Rouge · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Baton Rouge police open data recorded 5,765 theft incidents, 17.5% of all 33,037 incidents reported in the city that year and down 6.0% from 2024. That is about 2,610 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,488 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Baton Rouge by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)4,488——
20255,7652,610down 6.0%
20246,1322,776up 1.1%
20236,0652,745down 6.5%
20226,4842,935up 36.3%
20214,7572,153—
20205——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 33,696 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Mid City 326 incidents
  2. Delmont Place 323 incidents
  3. North Baton Rouge 310 incidents
  4. Scotlandville 271 incidents
  5. Jones Creek 265 incidents
  6. Brookstown 254 incidents
  7. Old South Baton Rouge 219 incidents
  8. Tara 219 incidents

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

Questions

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

5,765, according to Baton Rouge Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Baton Rouge?

Reported theft was down 6.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 11.1% 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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