CrimeWave visualizes reported crime incidents across Baton Rouge, LA using the City of Baton Rouge Open Data BR portal (East Baton Rouge Parish Combined Crime Incidents — BRPD & EBR Sheriff's Office), refreshed live from data.brla.gov when available. If a live connection can't be made, a cached snapshot is shown instead.

Heat intensity is a weighted score, not a raw count — violent offenses are weighted highest, property offenses moderately, and quality-of-life/society offenses lowest, similar to how national crime indices are constructed. Neighborhood risk tiers (Low → Severe) are relative to other Baton Rouge neighborhoods in this dataset, not an absolute per-capita rate.

For reference & general city-wide statistics, see NeighborhoodScout — Baton Rouge Crime. This tool is for informational and situational-awareness purposes only and is not a substitute for official police records or real-time emergency information.