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Safety index · New Orleans · data through November 2026

Is West Riverside safe?

West Riverside sits at the safer end of New Orleans by dispatched 911 calls. Its SafeRoute safety index is 85 out of 100 — 29 points above the citywide median of 56, ranking 11th of 69 New Orleans neighborhoods — based on 163 incidents dispatched to the NOPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

85/100
Low risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of West Riverside — higher is safer. 11th 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 West Riverside 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 — shoplifting alone is 40% 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 8% of severity-weighted calls fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

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1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center163 crime-related 911 calls within 1 km of the West Riverside center · NOPD dispatch data through November 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Calls cluster toward the north of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What police were called to here

Shoplifting
66 · 40%
Vehicle crime
31 · 19%
Other theft
29 · 18%
Violent crime
16 · 10%
Weapons possession
5 · 3%
Burglary
4 · 2%

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 West Riverside at night?

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Common questions

Is West Riverside safe at night?

Low risk overall (safety index 85/100). About 38% of severity-weighted incidents in West Riverside 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 West Riverside?

Shoplifting — 66 of 163 incidents (40%) dispatched within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

How is the West Riverside 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.