Welcome to Baton Rouge’s Official Open Data Portal!

Open Data BR is part of a comprehensive effort to build more effective, responsive, transparent, and digital local government agencies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Learn more about these and other official transparency initiatives for our City-Parish government: www.brla.gov/transparency.

Housing and Development

Explore residential and commercial development activity in Baton Rouge via data ranging from detailed lot, address and jurisdictional information to neighborhood maps and permit information.

Culture and Recreation

Learn more about Baton Rouge’s cultural landmarks via detailed mapping data for sites such as historic landmarks and scenic areas, or explore recreation data for golf courses, parks and more.

Government

Take some time to explore the ins-and-outs of our City-Parish government, from current and historic employee salary information to data for City-Parish public facilities.

Business and Financial

Learn more about the foundation of Baton Rouge’s local economy. Key data points provided in these data sets include occupational license information, NAICS codes, business registrations and more.

Public Safety

Get access to critical public safety indicators, including current crime data and statistics such as police or fire incidents, traffic and vehicle accident information, and more.

Transportation and Infrastructure

Learn more about what keeps Baton Rouge moving via data such as detailed traffic flow counts, street data, transit routes and more.

Open Checkbook BR

Open Checkbook BR provides an unprecedented view into City-Parish department spending and check-level data on City-Parish expenditures.

Open Budget BR

Open Budget BR helps foster a clear understanding of the annual budget for Louisiana's capital city and largest parish.

Open Neighborhood BR

Easy to use mapping portal that allows viewing of several incident types such as 311 requests, crime incidents and permits.

EBRGIS Program

Visit the City-Parish's publicly available GIS platform to access its location-based data and the maps, apps and easy-to-use lookup tools.

Citizen Data Academy

A collection of on-demand videos focused on education and training for citizens to make use of our data, maps, and apps.

2024 Open Data Policy Report

The 2024 report outlines successes in the City-Parish transparency efforts over the past year and gives an overview of planned efforts for 2025.