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Slidell, LA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 31 per one thousand residents, Slidell has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 32. Within Louisiana, more than 79% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Slidell.

Importantly, when you compare Slidell to other communities of similar population, then Slidell crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Slidell does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Slidell 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 Slidell.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Slidell 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 Slidell; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 372. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Slidell is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Slidell, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 35, which is a rate of 28 per one thousand population.

Slidell Crime Data

total Crime Index

10

(100 is safest)


Safer than 10% of U.S. cities.

Slidell Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

77

813

890

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

2.69

28.38

31.07

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
2.69
6.29
National Median: 4
    Slidell
    Louisiana

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 372

in Slidell

1 in 159

in Louisiana

Slidell Violent Crimes

Population: 28,649
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 2 12 8 55
Rate per 1,000 0.07 0.42 0.28 1.92

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
28.38
27.48
National Median: 20
    Slidell
    Louisiana

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 35

in Slidell

1 in 36

in Louisiana

Property Crimes

Population: 28,649
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 56 700 57
Rate per 1,000 1.95 24.43 1.99

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Slidell Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
59
29
National Median: 27.0
    Slidell
    Louisiana