Orleans Parish, LA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Orleans Parish in green. The most dangerous areas in Orleans Parish are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Orleans Parish, LA Safe from Murder?

The F grade means the rate of murder is much higher than the average US county. Orleans Parish is in the 1st percentile for safety, meaning 99% of counties are safer and 1% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Orleans Parish's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.

The rate of murder in Orleans Parish is 0.2903 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Orleans Parish generally consider the northwest part of the county to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Orleans Parish may be as high as 1 in 2,672 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 5,912 in the northwest part of the county.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the northeast parts of Orleans Parish, LA: about 31 per year. The northwest part of Orleans Parish has fewer cases of murder with only 4 in a typical year.

How Orleans Parish's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Orleans Parish to the Louisiana state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Orleans Parish is less safe than the Louisiana state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Orleans Parish, LA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Orleans Parish about $212,385,823 in 2025, or roughly $546 per resident. This is part of Orleans Parish's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Orleans Parish, including every crime type and how Orleans Parish compares to other counties.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Orleans Parish's crime maps on the Orleans Parish overall crime page.

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Individual Orleans Parish Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Counties

Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of murder in Orleans Parish is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to Orleans Parish.

Nearby County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Jefferson Parish, LA	D-	C-	F	A
St. Bernard Parish, LA	D+	D	D	D+
Plaquemines Parish, LA	C+	D-	C	D+
St. Charles Parish, LA	B+	C+	B	D+
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA	C-	D	D+	F
St. Tammany Parish, LA	A-	B	A-	C-
Lafourche Parish, LA	D+	D	D	D
St. James Parish, LA	C	C	D+	D-
Hancock County, MS	A+	A+	A+	A
Terrebonne Parish, LA	D+	D	D	D+

Murder in County with Similar Populations

Orleans Parish is higher versus other counties of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in counties with comparable overall population.

Similar County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Buncombe County, NC	C-	C	C	C-
Minnehaha County, SD	C	B-	B-	A-
Butler County, PA	A+	A+	A+	A-
Butler County, OH	B+	A-	A-	B
Horry County, SC	D+	C	C	A+
Macomb County, MI	B-	C+	C+	B
El Paso County, CO	D	C	C	C+
Burlington County, NJ	A+	A+	A+	A+
El Paso County, TX	D	D+	D+	B+
Milwaukee County, WI	D+	D-	D-	C-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Orleans Parish, LA average SchoolGrade of D-, with 22% actual proficiency versus 26% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Orleans Parish schools on SchoolGrade

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