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Safety index · New Orleans · data through November 2026

Is Pontchartrain Park safe?

Pontchartrain Park sits at the safer end of New Orleans by dispatched 911 calls. Its SafeRoute safety index is 82 out of 100 — 26 points above the citywide median of 56, ranking 12th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 133 incidents dispatched to the NOPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

82/100
Low risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Pontchartrain Park — higher is safer. 12th 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 Pontchartrain Park 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 30% 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 9% of severity-weighted calls fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

Franklin AvenueLeon C. Simon Drive neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center133 crime-related 911 calls within 1 km of the Pontchartrain Park center · NOPD dispatch data through November 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Calls cluster toward the south-west of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What police were called to here

Vehicle crime
40 · 30%
Violent crime
30 · 23%
Other theft
23 · 17%
Criminal damage & arson
16 · 12%
Weapons possession
12 · 9%
Burglary
8 · 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 Pontchartrain Park at night?

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Common questions

Is Pontchartrain Park safe at night?

Low risk overall (safety index 82/100). About 38% of severity-weighted incidents in Pontchartrain Park 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 Pontchartrain Park?

Vehicle crime — 40 of 133 incidents (30%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

How is the Pontchartrain Park 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.