Editing Hammond, Louisiana (section)

==Law enforcement and crime==
Hammond is served by five police agencies:
* Hammond Police Department (HPD) – the main municipal police department of the city
* [[Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana)|Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office]] (TPSO) – the parish level police agency
* [[Southeastern Louisiana University]] Police Department (SLUPD) – the police force responsible for law enforcement on all properties owned by SLU
* 7th Ward City Court Marshal's Office
* [[Louisiana State Police]] (LSP)

The Hammond Police Department is headquartered at 120 S Oak St.<ref>{{cite web |title=Police |url=http://www.hammond.org/?page_id=336 |website=Police |publisher=City of Hammond |access-date=23 November 2018 |archive-date=7 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107191127/http://www.hammond.org/?page_id=336 |url-status=live }}</ref> The city's uniform crime reporting statistics are available on the FBI UCR website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Local/JurisbyJuris.cfm?CFID=185942083&CFTOKEN=70c73b29935ff891-595D6A41-B5C5-09FF-16EE04BC32D68A0F|title=Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics|website=www.ucrdatatool.gov|access-date=2019-05-20|archive-date=2019-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510174854/https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Local/JurisbyJuris.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hammond has suffered from exceptionally high crime rates for many years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crime Rates in Hammond, Louisiana |url=http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Hammond-Louisiana.html |website=City Data |access-date=23 November 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123154229/http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Hammond-Louisiana.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Louisiana has been ranked the #1 most violent state in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/16/americas-most-violent-and-peaceful-states/39672421/|title=America's most violent state? Louisiana. What's the most peaceful one?|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2020-09-23|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807165649/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/16/americas-most-violent-and-peaceful-states/39672421/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Hammond is ranked as the fifth most violent city in the state based on crimes per capita.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.roadsnacks.net/these-are-the-10-most-dangerous-places-in-louisiana/|title = Most Dangerous Cities in Louisiana for 2021|date = 5 January 2021|access-date = 23 September 2020|archive-date = 21 September 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200921085740/https://www.roadsnacks.net/these-are-the-10-most-dangerous-places-in-louisiana/|url-status = live}}</ref>

''Crime Rates US Average v Hammond Louisiana''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! US Violent Crime
! Hammond Violent Crime
! US Property Crime
! Hammond Property Crime
| Note
|-
|2006
|264
|1,393
|317
|1,737
|
|-
|2007
|
|1,985
|
|1,342
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Uniform Crime reporting Statistucs |url=https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Local/RunCrimeJurisbyJuris.cfm |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=23 November 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|2008
|252
|1,124
|302
|1,469
|
|-
|2009
|238
|1,139
|285
|1,550
| 
|-
|2010
|223
|846
|276
|1,333
| 
|-
|2011
|214
|848
|273
|1,261
| 
|-
|2012
|214
|881
|267
|1,331
|
|-
|2013
|204
|679
|250
|1,282
|
|-
|2014
|200
|612
|230
|1,102
|
|-
|2015
|208
|535
|221
|953
| 
|-
|2016
|216
|775
|216
|1,019
| 
|}