Safety index · New Orleans · data through November 2026
Is Lakeview safe?
Lakeview sits at the safer end of New Orleans by dispatched 911 calls. Its SafeRoute safety index is 86 out of 100 — 30 points above the citywide median of 56, ranking 10th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 123 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 Lakeview 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 — other theft alone is 24% 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 13% of severity-weighted calls fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).
Where incidents cluster
What police were called to here
| Other theft | 30 · 24% | |
| Shoplifting | 25 · 20% | |
| Vehicle crime | 24 · 20% | |
| Violent crime | 18 · 15% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 14 · 11% | |
| Sexual offences | 3 · 2% |
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 Lakeview 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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- West End89/100 · Low risk
- City Park90/100 · Low risk
- Navarre80/100 · Low risk
- Lakeshore - Lake Vista96/100 · Low risk
- Lakewood89/100 · Low risk
Common questions
Is Lakeview safe at night?
Low risk overall (safety index 86/100). About 31% of severity-weighted incidents in Lakeview 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 Lakeview?
Other theft — 30 of 123 incidents (24%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.
How is the Lakeview 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.