Safety index · New Orleans · data through September 2026
Is Lake Terrace & Oaks safe?
Lake Terrace & Oaks shows a typical level of dispatched 911 calls for New Orleans. Its SafeRoute safety index is 76 out of 100 — 20 points above the citywide median of 56, ranking 18th of 70 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 153 incidents dispatched to the NOPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.
DATA THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2026 · 8 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to New Orleans — a typical New Orleans neighborhood sits near 56. It ranks Lake Terrace & Oaks against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest dispatched category here is violent crime (27% of calls) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 22% of severity-weighted calls come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 17% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What police were called to here
| Violent crime | 42 · 27% | |
| Vehicle crime | 37 · 24% | |
| Other theft | 36 · 24% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 11 · 7% | |
| Burglary | 7 · 5% | |
| Sexual offences | 3 · 2% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of crime-related 911 calls by time of day, from NOPD dispatch timestamps.
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Common questions
Is Lake Terrace & Oaks safe at night?
Low risk overall (safety index 76/100). About 39% of severity-weighted incidents in Lake Terrace & Oaks are dispatched between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Few crime-related 911 calls are dispatched here, but stick to lit, busier streets late.
What is the most common crime in Lake Terrace & Oaks?
Violent crime — 42 of 153 incidents (27%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.
How is the Lake Terrace & Oaks 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.