Neighborhood overview

Central Business District, New Orleans

Recent police-feed safety data for Central Business District in New Orleans, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the New Orleans police open-data feed.

E

Safety Index

Central Business District reports notably higher per-capita rates than New Orleans citywide. Use the Awareness tab for the offense mix.

  • Violent (persons)

    1,977 / 100k local

    vs New Orleans 265 / 100k citywide (+646%)

    reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (+503%)

  • Property

    17,367 / 100k local

    vs New Orleans 2,195 / 100k citywide (+691%)

    reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+1022%)

~3,693 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~56 days · newest report 5/23/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)

CFS-calibrated × 0.40

Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~56-day data window — read the grade as provisional. When the upstream feed refreshes, the longer window will tighten the comparison.

Recent activity (272 reports in the last 30 days)

  • · violent / persons reports down 4 week-over-week (21 this week, 25 the week before).
  • · property reports up 12 week-over-week (40 this week, 28 the week before).
  • · society / public-order reports up 2 week-over-week (4 this week, 2 the week before).

Explore Central Business District in the live app

Awareness · Crime Map · Safety Index · Trend Feed · Neighborhood Watch

How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.

Central Business District, New Orleans safety overview · CommunitySafe