FBI arson data · 2024
Louisiana Arson
264 arson offenses were reported by 320 Louisiana law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.8% of the national total. The most was reported by Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (38).
Louisiana agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Jefferson Parish | 38 |
| Shreveport Police Department | City | Caddo Parish | 25 |
| Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Tangipahoa Parish | 14 |
| Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Ascension Parish | 9 |
| Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Terrebonne Parish | 9 |
| Bossier City Police Department | City | Bossier Parish | 8 |
| Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Rapides Parish | 8 |
| Washington Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Washington Parish | 8 |
| Alexandria Police Department | City | Rapides Parish | 7 |
| St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office | County | St. Charles Parish | 7 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office | County | East Baton Rouge Parish | 6 |
| Baton Rouge Police Department | City | East Baton Rouge Parish | 6 |
| Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Lafourche Parish | 6 |
| Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Livingston Parish | 6 |
| Bastrop Police Department | City | Morehouse Parish | 6 |
| St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office | County | St. Mary Parish | 6 |
| Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Bossier Parish | 4 |
| Natchitoches Police Department | City | Natchitoches Parish | 4 |
| Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Ouachita Parish | 4 |
| Opelousas Police Department | City | St. Landry Parish | 4 |
| Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office | County | Concordia Parish | 3 |
| Kenner Police Department | City | Jefferson Parish | 3 |
| St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office | County | St. Bernard Parish | 3 |
| St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office | County | St. Martin Parish | 3 |
| Houma Police Department | City | Terrebonne Parish | 3 |
Louisiana arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Louisiana arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Louisiana in 2024?+
264 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 320 Louisiana law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 71 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Louisiana?+
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, with 38 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Jefferson Parish).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Louisiana?+
Louisiana's 264 reported arsons were 0.8% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.