SAFEROUTE

Safety index · New Orleans · data through November 2026

Is Bayou St. John safe?

Bayou St. John records more dispatched 911 calls than most New Orleans neighborhoods. Its SafeRoute safety index is 48 out of 100 — 8 points below the citywide median of 56, ranking 48th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 725 incidents dispatched to the NOPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

48/100
Elevated
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Bayou St. John — higher is safer. 48th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods.

DATA THROUGH NOVEMBER 2026 · 10 MONTHS OF DATA

The 0–100 scale is calibrated to New Orleans — a typical New Orleans neighborhood sits near 56. It ranks Bayou St. John against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

Most of what police were called to here is property-related — vehicle crime alone is 25% of calls — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.

Crime-related 911 calls here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 14% of severity-weighted calls fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

Orleans AvenueNorth Broad Street neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center725 crime-related 911 calls within 1 km of the Bayou St. John center (500 shown) · NOPD dispatch data through November 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Calls cluster toward the south-east of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
Open Bayou St. John on the live interactive map →

What police were called to here

Vehicle crime
184 · 25%
Other theft
158 · 22%
Violent crime
142 · 20%
Criminal damage & arson
59 · 8%
Shoplifting
56 · 8%
Drugs
52 · 7%

When it happens

6a–6p6p–12a12a–6aMON–FRI6a–6p6p–12a12a–6aSAT–SUN

Severity-weighted share of crime-related 911 calls by time of day, from NOPD dispatch timestamps.

Is New Orleans safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →

Walking in Bayou St. John at night?

SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.

Get SafeRoute on the App Store

Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Bayou St. John safe at night?

Elevated overall (safety index 48/100). About 42% of severity-weighted incidents in Bayou St. John are dispatched between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Bayou St. John?

Vehicle crime — 184 of 725 incidents (25%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

How is the Bayou St. John safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each crime-related 911 call the NOPD was dispatched to by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. New Orleans is scored on dispatch calls rather than filed reports, because NOPD's report series carries no location data — so a call here means police were sent, not that an offense was confirmed. It is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within New Orleans, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.