New Orleans, LA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

D-

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	D-
Other Crime Grade	D

Which crimes are included?

$477.1 million

Cost of Crime™ for New Orleans, LA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,194 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of the New Orleans area with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in the New Orleans area against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. New Orleans sits in the 14th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 14% of cities and behind 86%. The grade covers only the New Orleans area's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in the New Orleans area is 5.736 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 108 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 262 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of New Orleans, LA report the most violent crime, about 1,125 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 289 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Orleans, LA

The tangible cost of violent crime in New Orleans is projected at $477,069,125 for 2025, about $465 per resident and $1,194 per household. That equals 1.2% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 38.6%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 48.6%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.7%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in New Orleans Compared to Other Cities?

New Orleans, LA:	$465
Merrydale, LA:	$1048
Harahan, LA:	$149
Louisiana:	$470
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $465 per resident each year in New Orleans, which is $207 more than the national average and $5 less than Louisiana's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to New Orleans:

In Merrydale, LA, crime costs $1,048 per person, which is $583 more than in New Orleans.
In Harahan, LA, crime costs $149 per person, which is $316 less than in New Orleans

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for New Orleans, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to New Orleans	Cost per New Orleans Resident
Murder	$289.5 million	$282
Rape/Sexual Assault	$40.1 million	$39
Robbery	$21.5 million	$21
Assault	$126.0 million	$123
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$477,069,125	$465

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in New Orleans, LA

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in New Orleans totals $2,150,249,584 ($2,096 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $2,627,318,709 ($2,561 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in New Orleans, LA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the northwest part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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New Orleans Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 New Orleans residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.276
Robbery	0.6655
Rape	0.6447
Murder	0.1502
Total Violent Crime	5.736 (D-)

Individual New Orleans Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in the New Orleans area is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the New Orleans area.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Arabi, LA	F	D	F
Gretna, LA	F	F	F
Terrytown, LA	F	D	F
Chalmette, LA	D-	D-	D-
Jefferson, LA	F	D	F
Harvey, LA	F	D-	F
Timberlane, LA	D	C-	D-
Bridge City, LA	F	D-	F
Westwego, LA	F	D-	F
Metairie, LA	D-	C	D-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

New Orleans is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Salt Lake City, UT	D-	C	C
Louisville, KY	C-	C+	C+
Hartford, CT	C+	A	A
Richmond, VA	D+	C+	C+
Memphis, TN	F	F	F
Birmingham, AL	D+	C-	C-
Buffalo, NY	C+	D	D
Raleigh, NC	C-	C+	C+
Oklahoma City, OK	D	D	D
Rochester, NY	C+	D+	D+

Considering only the violent crime rate, the New Orleans area is as safe as the Louisiana state average and less safe than the national average.

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