Distribution of Crime Incidents by Category in Baton Rouge (2021-2023)
Source: Open Data BR from the City of Baton Rouge (CSV).
- THEFT emerges as the most frequent crime category with 25,497 recorded incidents.
- BATTERY follows as the second most common offense, totaling 11,873 cases.
- Key property crimes like NON-RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY and CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY are prominently featured with 10,212 and 9,202 incidents respectively.
- Categories which did not make it into the top individual categories are combined under 'Other', representing 8,623 incidents.
- The visualized data points out that property-related offenses (THEFT, BURGLARY, CRIMINAL DAMAGE) make up a significant portion of the crime statistics.
- The data set is extensive and the counts represent the number of incidents, not the number of offenses, as one incident may involve multiple offenses.