Safety index · New Orleans · data through November 2026
Is Plum Orchard safe?
Plum Orchard shows a typical level of dispatched 911 calls for New Orleans. Its SafeRoute safety index is 54 out of 100 — right at the citywide median of 56, ranking 40th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 458 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 Plum Orchard against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest dispatched category here is violent crime (34% of calls) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 32% of severity-weighted calls come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 15% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What police were called to here
| Violent crime | 157 · 34% | |
| Other theft | 80 · 17% | |
| Vehicle crime | 64 · 14% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 45 · 10% | |
| Weapons possession | 43 · 9% | |
| Drugs | 25 · 5% |
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 Plum Orchard 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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Common questions
Is Plum Orchard safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 54/100). About 47% of severity-weighted incidents in Plum Orchard 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 Plum Orchard?
Violent crime — 157 of 458 incidents (34%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.
How is the Plum Orchard 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.