(The Center Square) — Bossier City Police Department crime stats show a decrease in crime over the last few years, despite a recent ranking naming them one of the top 10 most dangerous cities in Louisiana.
As of now, Bossier City Police have reported zero homicides and fewer than 700 thefts, compared to last year. Completed year-to-date 2025 crime statistics are not available.
The Center Square reached out to Bossier City Police Department public information officer Sgt. Shawn Poudrier to discuss the most recent crime data for the area.
“On all of our stuff that we’re running stats on, the main stuff — homicide, rape, armed robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, theft and auto thefts — were way below what we have been in the past,” said Poudrier.
The department has responded to almost 60,000 calls so far this year, according to Poudrier.
In 2024, Bossier City Police reported six homicides, 39 rapes, 20 armed robberies, 281 burglaries, 431 aggravated assaults, 1,856 thefts and 260 auto thefts. All these categories were down compared to 2023, except aggravated assaults. The department reported 2,893 total crimes for 2024.
In 2023, the department reported seven homicides, 43 rapes, 27 armed robberies and 328 burglaries. Aggravated assault increased from 2023 to 2024, with 360 in 2023 and 431 in 2024.
“When I started looking at stuff the other day, we’re not even anywhere near half that for this year,” said Poudrier.
For theft, in 2023, the department reported 1,979 thefts compared to 1,856 in 2024. Poudrier said the department has not reached 700 thefts this year.
Bossier City was at No. 10, according to a recent Reolink ranking, based on reported 911 violent crimes per 100,000. Their stats show weapon offenses represent 4,570 instances per 100,000 residents. Violent crime and property crime stats show that one out of 110 people face violent offenses, with one out of 22 people facing property offenses.
According to Reolink, they gathered their data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting data in 2025.
“For so long, we have been completely understaffed, and we’ve been doing this while being understaffed,” said Poudrier.”Now we’re getting close to capacity. We’re still hiring, but we’re very close to 99% staff. We’ve got more officers on the street.”
Others in the ranking include Marksville in first, Monroe in second, Alexandria in third, Opelousas in fourth, New Orleans in fifth, West Monroe in sixth, Bogalusa in seventh, Jennings in eighth and Baton Rouge in ninth.
“Zero homicides through half of the year is pretty impressive. That speaks for itself,” said Poudrier. “Our detectives are doing their due diligence to try and prevent major crimes from happening.”
The department is actively working to release updated year-to-date crime stats.
