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Safety index · New Orleans · data through November 2026

Is East Riverside safe?

East Riverside shows a typical level of dispatched 911 calls for New Orleans. Its SafeRoute safety index is 62 out of 100 — 6 points above the citywide median of 56, ranking 27th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 367 incidents dispatched to the NOPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

62/100
Moderate
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of East Riverside — higher is safer. 27th 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 East Riverside against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

The largest dispatched category here is violent crime (30% of calls) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.

Crime-related 911 calls here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 11% of severity-weighted calls fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

Saint Charles AvenueMagazine Street neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center367 crime-related 911 calls within 1 km of the East Riverside center · NOPD dispatch data through November 2026, latest report in this area October 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Calls cluster toward the north of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What police were called to here

Violent crime
111 · 30%
Other theft
76 · 21%
Vehicle crime
67 · 18%
Burglary
29 · 8%
Criminal damage & arson
26 · 7%
Shoplifting
21 · 6%

When it happens

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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 East Riverside at night?

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Common questions

Is East Riverside safe at night?

Moderate overall (safety index 62/100). About 41% of severity-weighted incidents in East Riverside 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 East Riverside?

Violent crime — 111 of 367 incidents (30%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

How is the East Riverside 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.