Walking in New Orleans: reported crime by neighborhood

Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · data as of Oct 3, 2026

23,242 incidents were reported to the police in New Orleans in these 12 months, about 64 a day. Each neighborhood below is compared with the rest of New Orleans, from very low to very high, taking into account how many people are usually around.

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The map shows every block and gives walking directions that avoid high-crime areas.

Neighborhoods

• Black Pearl Low
• Broadmoor High
• Bywater High
• Central Business District Moderate
• Faubourg Marigny High
• Faubourg St. John Low
• French Market Moderate
• French Quarter Moderate
• Garden District Low
• Gentilly Low
• Gentilly Terrace Low
• Gentilly Woods Moderate
• Greenville Very low
• Hollygrove High
• Lakeshore Very low
• Lower Garden District Moderate
• Mid-City Moderate
• Milneburg Low
• New Orleans East Moderate
• Piazza d'Italia Low
• Pines Village High
• Saint Roch Very high
• Spanish Fort Very low
• Tremé High
• Uptown Very high
• West End Very low

What gets reported in New Orleans

• Simple assault: 4,899 (21%)
• Vehicle theft: 2,969 (13%)
• Theft: 2,898 (12%)
• Theft from vehicle: 2,552 (11%)
• Vandalism: 2,406 (10%)
• Shoplifting: 2,204 (9%)

How New Orleans compares with other cities

In 2023 the FBI counted 1,361 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in New Orleans (Louisiana: 584, United States: 386).

Property crimes: 5,090 per 100,000 residents (Louisiana: 2,620, United States: 1,951).

The FBI counts offenses differently from the city data behind the levels, so the totals do not match exactly.

How to read this

• It shows crime reported to the police. Many crimes are never reported.
• Levels compare areas within New Orleans. The same level in another city does not mean the same.
• It is not a prediction, and it says nothing about any person or building.
• Please do not use it for decisions about housing, lending, insurance or employment.

• Based on calls to the New Orleans police that ended in a police report, under the type of crime the police gave the call. A later change to the report is not reflected.
• New Orleans publishes when the police were called, not when a crime happened, so day and night views are not available for New Orleans.
• New Orleans publishes no location for rapes and other sexual offenses, so they are missing from this map.
• Locations are generalized to the block by the New Orleans Police Department.

Source: New Orleans Police Department. Place names © OpenStreetMap contributors. Data as of Oct 3, 2026.