What is the crime rate in Scott, LA?

In 2025, the Scott Police Department reported 64 violent crimes and 162 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 651 violent and 1,649 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,824 residents it serves.

Across Louisiana the rates were 466 and 1,860.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 651
Property per 100,000: 1,649
Violent crimes: 64
Property crimes: 162

Crime reported by the Scott Police Department, 2024 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2024	59	662	146	1,637	8,917
2025	64	651	162	1,649	9,824

Violent crimes reported went from 59 in 2024 to 64 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 146 in 2024 to 162 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Scott against Louisiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Scott	651	1,649
Lafayette Parish	727	2,362
Louisiana	466	1,860
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Scott, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Scott	—	651	1,649
Lafayette	4.6 mi	1,131	3,471
Carencro	6.0 mi	379	1,596
Rayne	10 mi	72	883
Broussard	11 mi	203	1,818
Church Point	13 mi	400	525
Crowley	17 mi	766	3,152

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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