Crime in Freestate-North Highlands, Shreveport, LA
Freestate-North Highlands is a neighborhood of 4,730 residents in Shreveport, about 3 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Freestate-North Highlands in Shreveport safe?
Crime in Freestate-North Highlands is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of D+. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 88% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Freestate-North Highlands. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B- against D-. Shreveport as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Freestate-North Highlands run from A- to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 288 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Freestate-North Highlands as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Freestate-North Highlands scores 288.
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 Freestate-North Highlands, Shreveport, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Freestate-North Highlands in Shreveport, 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 Freestate-North Highlands
Aggravated assault stands out among D-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of a D-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 5.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Freestate-North Highlands has 14.4.
Burglary at more than triple the US rate. Freestate-North Highlands has 9.6 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Freestate-North Highlands
CrimeGrade™ estimates Freestate-North Highlands has about 109 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 51% more than Shreveport 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 makes up about 37% of crime reported in Freestate-North Highlands. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far 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 Freestate-North Highlands compares with nearby neighborhoods
Freestate-North Highlands has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Freestate-North Highlands. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Freestate-North Highlands has more crime than 83% of them.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Freestate-North Highlands
Two things set Freestate-North Highlands apart: it has 8.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 17.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.8.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.17.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 96% 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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Freestate-North Highlands: D- (9 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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 Freestate-North Highlands
Crime costs Freestate-North Highlands about $3,895 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple 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 $34 million a year, or $7,109 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 Freestate-North Highlands 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 Freestate-North Highlands, Shreveport, LA average a SchoolGrade of F: 17% of students test proficient, against 16% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Freestate-North Highlands on SchoolGrade
