Safety index · New Orleans · data through November 2026
Is Freret safe?
Freret records more dispatched 911 calls than most New Orleans neighborhoods. Its SafeRoute safety index is 50 out of 100 — 6 points below the citywide median of 56, ranking 46th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 706 incidents dispatched to the NOPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.
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 Freret 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 22% 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
What police were called to here
| Vehicle crime | 153 · 22% | |
| Violent crime | 140 · 20% | |
| Shoplifting | 137 · 19% | |
| Other theft | 119 · 17% | |
| Burglary | 48 · 7% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 44 · 6% |
When it happens
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 Freret 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.
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- Milan33/100 · Elevated
- Broadmoor37/100 · Elevated
- Uptown60/100 · Moderate
- Audubon81/100 · Low risk
- Touro51/100 · Moderate
Common questions
Is Freret safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 50/100). About 38% of severity-weighted incidents in Freret 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 Freret?
Vehicle crime — 153 of 706 incidents (22%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.
How is the Freret 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.