Crime rates for Port Sulphur, LA

The crime rate in Port Sulphur is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 32 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Port Sulphur is 1 in 31. Based on FBI crime data, Port Sulphur is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Louisiana, Port Sulphur has a crime rate that is higher than 50% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a town's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 3,264, Port Sulphur has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Port Sulphur does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Port Sulphur.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Port Sulphur does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Port Sulphur.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Port Sulphur occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Port Sulphur – such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder – is 1 in 263. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Port Sulphur – burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson – is 28 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.