What is the crime rate in Westlake, LA?

In 2025, the Westlake Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 73 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 342 violent and 1,559 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,683 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: 342
Property per 100,000: 1,559
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 73

Crime reported by the Westlake 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	7	155	112	2,474	4,527
2024	13	284	87	1,903	4,571
2025	16	342	73	1,559	4,683

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 112 in 2023 to 73 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.

Westlake against Louisiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Westlake	342	1,559
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 Westlake, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Westlake	—	342	1,559
Lake Charles	5.3 mi	665	2,424
Sulphur	5.9 mi	311	2,708
Iowa	15 mi	1,587	1,911
Vinton	20 mi	888	2,664
Orange	31 mi	446	960
Pinehurst	32 mi	449	719
West Orange	32 mi	89	2,187
Jennings	36 mi	961	2,895

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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