The 11 Safest Places To Live In Louisiana
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Kezia Kamenetz
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Safety can be a difficult thing to measure, but for this article, we took statistics on crime reports from the FBI for the year 2013. Towns and cities that had the lowest ratio of violent crime to population made the list. Since larger cities tend to have more crime in general, only places with populations of over 2,000 were considered, and were then only compared to other places of similar size.
This suburb to the west of New Orleans is home to the New Orleans international airport and over 66,000 people, making it the largest city on our list.
A historical town of 13,000 28 miles east of Shreveport, Minden was founded in 1836.
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Located in East Baton Rouge parish outside of Baton Rouge, this town of 13,888 offers a safe place for families to raise their children.
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This city of 12,162 on the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain is the perfect place to start a family.
A suburb of New Orleans, this town of 9200 offers plenty of small town charm while still being near the big city.
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Known as the crawfish capital of the world, Breaux Bridge is a beautiful place to live northeast of Lafayette. It has a crime rate of 1.3 per 1000 persons.
This small town of 3500 in Bossier Parish is home to the historical Hillcrest Cemetery.
The safest town on our list, this 5,000 person village is just outside of Morgan City.
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A sleepy town of 2,000 on Bayou Lafourche, this place had the distinction of no violent crimes in 2013.
This town of approximately 3,000 people outside of Shreveport also earned the distinction of having no violent crime throughout the year of 2013.
A town of 3165, DeQuincy is 20 miles outside of Lake Charles, LA. It's named the safest town in Louisiana for having the highest population with no violent crimes.
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