Audubon is a neighborhood of 17,400 residents in New Orleans, about 3 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Audubon in New Orleans safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Audubon has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B+ against C. New Orleans as a whole grades F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Audubon run from B+ to C-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 634 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Audubon as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Audubon scores 634.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Audubon, New Orleans, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Audubon 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 in Audubon
Theft is a strength. Audubon grades C for property crime, but theft grades A-, better than in the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live.
Simple assault runs low. Audubon has 2.8 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 9.7.
How Audubon compares within New Orleans
Low crime is the norm across Audubon: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Audubon run from B+ to C-; every part of Audubon has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 86%C 14%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Audubon has less crime than 43 of the 49 neighborhoods in New Orleans. It covers much of the Audubon, Broadmoor, and Uptown areas.
Crime rates and types in Audubon
CrimeGrade™ estimates Audubon has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% less than the US as a whole and 66% less than New Orleans as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Audubon, about 35% of everything reported, but vehicle theft costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How Audubon compares with nearby neighborhoods
Audubon has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Audubon
Two things set Audubon apart: it has 13.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 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.13.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 80% 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 and assault.C+ (43 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.60 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 76% 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 crime costs Audubon
Crime costs Audubon about $1,370 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 14% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $24 million a year, or $1,365 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Audubon means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
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
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.
Schools in Audubon, New Orleans, LA average a SchoolGrade of B: 42% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Audubon on SchoolGrade
