Dry Prong has an overall crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Dry Prong is 1 in 148. How does Dry Prong fare compared to other communities in Louisiana of all population sizes? Dry Prong's crime rate is lower than approximately 68% of Louisiana communities.

However, when you compare Dry Prong to other communities of similar population, then Dry Prong crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Dry Prong does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Dry Prong does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Dry Prong.

Importantly, our analysis shows that Dry Prong has one of the lowest violent crime rates in all of America, across cities and towns of all sizes. Murder, rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault happen far less frequently here than in most places. Your chance of becoming a victim? Just one in 10000. Dry Prong's violent crime rate is just 0 per 1,000 residents.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Dry Prong; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.