Minden, LA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Minden, LA Summary

Crime in Minden research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Minden over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Minden:

  • There were 447 total crimes committed in Minden the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,816.9 total crimes per 100K people in Minden.
  • The overall crime rate in Minden is 64.23% above the national average.
  • Minden ranks #72 safest out of 110 cities in Louisiana.
  • Minden ranks #8,832 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Minden Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Minden is 3,816.9 per 100,000 people. That's 64.23% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 8.32% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 3,523.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Minden
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 447 3,816.9 3,523.8 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 15.8 6.3
Robbery 9 76.9 80.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 103 879.5 497.0 268.2
Violent Crime 116 990.5 639.4 369.8
Burglary 59 503.8 510.1 269.8
Larceny 244 2,083.5 2,107.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 28 239.1 266.9 282.7
Property Crime 331 2,826.4 2,884.4 1,954.4

Minden Crime Compared To Louisiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Louisiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Minden

116
Violent Crimes
990.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
167.85%
Above The National Average
  • There were 116 violent crimes in Minden in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Minden is 990.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 101.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Minden each year. That compares to a 1 in 156.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 167.85% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 54.90% higher than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 639.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Minden

331
Property Crimes
2,826.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
44.62%
Above The National Average
  • There were 331 property crimes in Minden in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Minden is 2,826.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Minden each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 44.62% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -2.01% lower than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,884.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Minden

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Shreveport, LA 180,763 8,317 4,601.1 3,790.0 811.0
Ruston, LA 22,435 1,033 4,604.4 3,802.1 802.3
Jamestown, ND 15,772 364 2,307.9 2,079.6 228.3
Magnolia, AR 11,059 441 3,987.7 3,445.2 542.5
Springhill, LA 4,597 38 826.6 739.6 87.0
Mansfield, LA 4,472 30 670.8 223.6 447.2
Haughton, LA 4,457 21 471.2 381.4 89.7
Sibley, LA 1,149 2 174.1 174.1 0.0

Minden SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
4
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
8
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