Neighborhood overview
Center City, Baton Rouge
Recent police-feed safety data for Center City in Baton Rouge, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Baton Rouge police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Center City reports close to Baton Rouge's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
1,519 / 100k local
vs Baton Rouge 1,078 / 100k citywide (+41%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (+363%)
Property
5,317 / 100k local
vs Baton Rouge 3,910 / 100k citywide (+36%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+243%)
~3,051 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~63 days · newest report 5/22/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~63-day data window — read the grade as provisional. When the upstream feed refreshes, the longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (63 reports in the last 30 days)
- · violent / persons reports down 2 week-over-week (3 this week, 5 the week before).
- · property reports down 5 week-over-week (1 this week, 6 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports up 2 week-over-week (5 this week, 3 the week before).
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.