Baton Rouge is the capital and second-largest city in Louisiana, situated deep in the Louisiana bayous on the Eastern bank of the Mississippi River. With just over 220,000 residents, Baton Rouge is at the heart of the Greater Baton Rouge area, which is home to over 830,000 people. Baton Rouge boasts a strong industrial economy as well as petrochemical, medical and research sectors, and has become an important center for the motion picture industry. The city is also home to Louisiana State University, the state’s largest educational institution, and Southern University, the leading institution of the Southern University System, which identifies itself as the only historically black college system in the country.

If you live in Baton Rouge or you’re moving soon and you want to ensure your home is protected, read on for a look at some of the area’s top home security providers, so you can make your final choice.

According to the FBI’s 2018 Crime Report, Baton Rouge has a significant amount of property crime. With over 8,000 incidents of larceny-theft, more than 2,500 burglaries, over 1,100 cases of aggravated assault and nearly 1,000 car thefts, Baton Rouge has a poor crime index, rating safer than only 1% of cities in the United States.

• 8,329 incidents of larceny-theft
• 2,686 incidents of burglary
• 1,187 incidents of aggravated assault
• 950 incidents of motor vehicle theft
• 727 incidents of robbery

Based in Baton Rouge, Emergency Alert Security has been providing security systems throughout Louisiana since 1998. Utilizing an 8,000-square-foot UL monitoring facility located right in Baton Rouge, Emergency Alert is dedicated to protecting homes 24/7 from burglary, fire, environmental and medical situations.

Emergency Alert Security will monitor your existing system or help you install a new one, and it offers 12 months of free professional monitoring or a $300 credit toward a new cell-based system when you switch to its service. The company also promises to beat any competitor’s price by 10%.

There are several solid home security providers in Baton Rouge, including:

• Heavenly Home Security: Heavenly Home Security has been offering professionally designed home security and fire alarms since 2000, as well as other environmental monitoring such as carbon monoxide detectors.
• Alarm Center Security Systems: Since 1978, locally owned Alarm Center Security Systems has been installing and monitoring home security systems for Baton Rouge area residents.
• Custom Security Systems: Claiming to be the only Baton Rouge area security company to own and operate its own monitoring station, Custom Security Systems offers a full range of security, cameras, home automation and environmental protection.
• LA Alarms: Based in Baton Rouge and serving all of Louisiana, this Alert 360 dealer is one of the busiest security installers in the state, offering security, smart home solutions and monitoring.

Home security providers in the Baton Rouge area serve Baton Rouge and surrounding communities, including:

• Baker, Louisiana
• Denham Springs, Louisiana
• Hammond, Louisiana
• Houma, Louisiana
• Kenner, Louisiana
• Lafayette, Louisiana
• Laplace, Louisiana
• Merrydale, Louisiana
• Morgan City, Louisiana
• New Iberia, Louisiana
• Opelousas, Louisiana
• River Ridge, Louisiana
• Shenandoah, Louisiana
• Thibodaux, Louisiana
• Zachary, Louisiana