Where to stay · Baton Rouge
Smiley Heights / Melrose East
Smiley Heights / Melrose East recorded 76 reported robberies & aggravated assaults across 17 tracked blocks in the past 12 months — 4.5 per tracked block, against the Baton Rouge median of 2.2 (BRPD records through Sep 2026). That ranks #37 of 40 tracked Baton Rouge neighborhoods, fewest per tracked block first.
76 robberies & aggravated assaults
17 blocks tracked · past 12 months
17 blocks tracked · past 12 months
4.5 per block · Baton Rouge median 2.2 · #37 of 40
BRPD records through Sep 2026 · citywide total 2,090 · updated daily. Area facts, not a guarantee about any address.
Hotels here
Fewer per block, nearby
| Goodwood Homesites | 2.1 per block | 1.4 km |
| Goodwood | 0.9 per block | 1.6 km |
| Eden Park | 3.4 per block | 2.3 km |
| North Baton Rouge | 2.8 per block | 2.5 km |
| Victoria Farms | 1.5 per block | 2.8 km |
Also nearby
| East Fairfields / Melrose Place | 5.0 per block | 1.2 km |
| Mid City | 2.9 per block | 3.2 km |
| Cortana / Villa Del Rey | 0.8 per block | 3.4 km |
| Tara | 0.9 per block | 3.4 km |
| Fairfields | 3.9 per block | 3.7 km |
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