2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Lake Charles, LA vs Port Arthur, TX

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- Port Arthur has 33% less violent crime than Lake Charles.
- Port Arthur has 9% less property crime than Lake Charles.
 Lake Charles, LAPort Arthur, TXUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock27.222.7
 Property Crime61.2  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Lake Charles, LouisianaCrime Index
 DeQuincy, LA18.2
 Vinton, LA23.9
 Hackberry, LA24.2
 Hayes, LA26.55
 Prien, LA26.65
 Cameron, LA27.15
 Westlake, LA28.75
 Gillis, LA33.55
 Starks, LA35.05
 Carlyss, LA38.5

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