Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2023
New Orleans, LA Crime Grade
How New Orleans grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Louisiana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Louisiana
9/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2023, the violent crime rate in New Orleans, LA was 1361.1 per 100,000 residents (4,957 incidents over a population of 364,197). That puts New Orleans Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 132% above the Louisiana statewide rate of 587.5.
That ranks New Orleans #3,742 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #32 of 35 in Louisiana. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and up 19% over the last five years.
New Orleans, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1361.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,742 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #32 of 35
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- up 19%
- Population
- 364,197
- Reporting agency
- New Orleans Police Department
- Data year
- 2023 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Orleans Police Department (FBI ORI LANPD0000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About New Orleans, LA
Also known as
- Big Easy
- Crescent City
- Nouvelle Orleans
- NOLA
- Neuva Orleans
- Nueva Orleans
- Neu Orleans
- Nieuw Orleans
Location
Parish seat. Lowest elevation in LA at -8 feet.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Orleans (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Orleans vs. U.S., 2023 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1144.7(4,516) | 1324.3(5,215) | 1487.9(5,820) | 1516.0(5,611) | 1361.1(4,957) |
| Murder | 30.7(121) | 51.0(201) | 55.7(218) | 71.9(266) | 53.0(193) |
| Rape | 196.2(774) | 180.8(712) | 185.9(727) | 191.3(708) | 187.0(681) |
| Robbery | 256.8(1,013) | 280.9(1,106) | 230.9(903) | 280.7(1,039) | 180.1(656) |
| Aggravated assault | 661.1(2,608) | 811.6(3,196) | 1015.5(3,972) | 972.1(3,598) | 941.0(3,427) |
| Property crime | 5292.5(20,879) | 4539.6(17,876) | 4050.6(15,844) | 4640.8(17,177) | 5089.6(18,536) |
| Burglary | 543.2(2,143) | 506.4(1,994) | 566.0(2,214) | 496.3(1,837) | 478.3(1,742) |
| Larceny | 4001.3(15,785) | 3138.3(12,358) | 2664.2(10,421) | 3009.2(11,138) | 2770.8(10,091) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 748.0(2,951) | 894.9(3,524) | 820.4(3,209) | 1135.3(4,202) | 1840.5(6,703) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Orleans, LA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the New Orleans Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for New Orleans calculated?
- New Orleans's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Louisiana state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Louisiana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the New Orleans Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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