The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kenner, LA
Kenner is the sixth-largest city in Louisiana, with 65,300 residents in Jefferson Parish, about 11 miles northwest of downtown New Orleans · Updated November 2026
Is Kenner, LA safe?
Crime in Kenner is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Kenner. Violent and property crime both grade B here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Kenner run from A to D-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 676 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kenner as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kenner scores 676.
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 Kenner, LA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kenner, 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 Kenner
Robberies are less common than in most B-graded cities. Kenner has 0.26 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63.
The safest and least safe parts of Kenner
Most of Kenner grades well: 72% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 11% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Kenner run from A to D-; 11% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
72%17%11%
A or B 72%C 17%D or F 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Kenner, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Kenner?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Kenner is up 48%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.2 to 3.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 29 to 27 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
KennerUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Kenner. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Kenner
Violent, US
Property, Kenner
Property, US
2016
+29%
+4%
+13%
+15%
2017
+29%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
+4%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+20%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+83%
+6%
-22%
-10%
2022
+102%
+5%
+3%
-6%
2023
+44%
+2%
+8%
-7%
2024
+48%
-4%
-7%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Kenner
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kenner has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% more than the US as a whole and close to Louisiana.
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 Kenner, about 50% of everything reported, but assault 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.
The Kenner Police Department's 2024 report of burglary had a month far out of line with the rest, a sign of a data-entry error or a catch-up month, so CrimeGrade™ set it aside and used the other months.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Kenner
Kenner has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Kenner, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Kenner compares with nearby cities
Kenner has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Harahan and Ama have the least crime nearby.
Walkability, night lighting and parking lots in Kenner
Two things set Kenner apart: it has 1.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 34% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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. 66% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 79% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 76% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 74% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.34% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Kenner on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Kenner
Crime costs Kenner about $1,283 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 6% 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 $111 million a year, or $1,706 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$8.5 million
$130
Rape
$1.1 million
$17
Robbery
$530,000
$8
Assault
$9.0 million
$138
Burglary
$1.3 million
$20
Theft
$7.2 million
$111
Vehicle theft
$2.7 million
$41
Arson
$72,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$31
Total
$32 million
$498
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 Kenner 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 Kenner, LA average a SchoolGrade of C: 31% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Kenner on SchoolGrade
