What is the crime rate in Sulphur, LA?

In 2025, the Sulphur Police Department reported 63 violent crimes and 549 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 311 violent and 2,708 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,277 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: 311
Property per 100,000: 2,708
Violent crimes: 63
Property crimes: 549

Crime reported by the Sulphur Police Department, 2023 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
2023	56	285	651	3,313	19,647
2024	75	376	584	2,927	19,955
2025	63	311	549	2,708	20,277

Violent crimes reported went from 56 in 2023 to 63 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 651 in 2023 to 549 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.

Sulphur against Louisiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sulphur	311	2,708
Calcasieu Parish	615	2,499
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 Sulphur, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sulphur	—	311	2,708
Westlake	5.9 mi	342	1,559
Lake Charles	8.9 mi	665	2,424
Vinton	14 mi	888	2,664
Iowa	21 mi	1,587	1,911
Orange	25 mi	446	960
Pinehurst	26 mi	449	719
West Orange	26 mi	89	2,187
Bridge City	32 mi	193	466

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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