Old Aurora, New Orleans, LA Property Crime Rates and Maps

Old Aurora is a neighborhood of 14,300 residents in New Orleans, about 5 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is property crime in Old Aurora?

Property crime is high in Old Aurora: a D+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 87% of Americans live. Theft makes up 46% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades F. New Orleans as a whole grades D+ for property crime.

D+
Property crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 269 of 1,000
More property crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

13% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Old Aurora as a whole, and 87% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Old Aurora scores 269.

Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.

D-
Overall crimeSafety score 87 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoods
F
Violent crimeSafety score 0 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Property crime map of Old Aurora

Map of Old Aurora shaded by property crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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F D C B A+
Highest crime Safest
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Old Aurora, New Orleans, LA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Old Aurora in New Orleans, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.

Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports


What stands out about property crime in Old Aurora

Car thefts run high. Old Aurora has car thefts at about triple the US rate: 8.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.


How Old Aurora compares within New Orleans

Areas graded C for property crime are home to 52% of residents in Old Aurora; 0% live in areas graded A or B and 48% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Old Aurora run from C to F.

C 52%D or F 48%

Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Old Aurora has less property crime than 35 of the 49 neighborhoods in New Orleans. It covers much of the Old Aurora, Tall Timbers, and Behrman areas.


Property crime rates and types in Old Aurora

CrimeGrade™ estimates Old Aurora has about 29 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 23% more than the US as a whole and 45% less than New Orleans as a whole.

All property crime

Burglary

Vehicle theft

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.

Theft is the most common property crime in Old Aurora, about 46% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
BurglaryA-332.32.4
TheftC+19213.513.1
Vehicle theftF1178.22.7
ArsonA+under 10.020.12
VandalismB+745.25.5

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.

Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.


Property crime in Old Aurora and nearby neighborhoods

Old Aurora has less property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only New Aurora and Central Business District have less.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Old AuroraD+269D-14,300
Tall Timbers 1 mileD+240F11,300
Behrman 2 milesD-103F7,730
New Aurora 2 milesB+749B4,960
Holy Cross 3 milesF17F2,600
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Lower 9th Ward 3 milesD-119F5,260
Bywater 4 milesF0F3,680
Saint Claude 4 milesF0F6,350
Lower Garden District 4 milesD+240D5,490
French Quarter 5 milesF0F3,490
Central Business District 5 milesD+294C-3,740

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Old Aurora. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Old Aurora has more property crime than 76% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Old AuroraD+269D-14,300
Pleasant Grove West, Chesapeake, VAA920A+14,200
Tuttle West, Dublin, OHA889A14,300
Yorkshire, Charlotte, NCB+699B+14,300
River Road, Eugene, ORB692B+14,100
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Brookline, Pittsburgh, PAB618B+14,100
Juanita, Kirkland, WAB617A-14,400
Okolona, Louisville, KYC+471D+14,200
Garrison Park, Austin, TXC425C+14,100
Wilkes, Portland, ORC399C-14,400
Upper Eastside, Miami, FLC-344C+14,300

Empty homes, shops and walkability in Old Aurora

Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Old Aurora apart: it has 15.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.

Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.3.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods

These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.


What property crime costs Old Aurora

Property crime costs Old Aurora about $3.6 million a year, or $254 per resident and about $603 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.

Cost of property crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.

The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Old Aurora is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.

Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.

Where the numbers come from

  • Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
  • State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities

These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.

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