Here Are The 7 Most Dangerous Places In New Orleans After Dark
Ever wonder how your neighborhood stacks up against the others? Or even how safe your own neighborhood is after dark? You may think some of those answers are obvious, but there’s an online resource that gathers crime stats from the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department and then applies their own algorithm to create a safety ranking of areas – areas as specific as local neighborhoods.
We’ve delved into that resource, Neighborhood Scout, and listed some of the absolute worst neighborhoods to be in after dark in NOLA. If you’re interested in how Neighborhood Scout calculates the rankings, you can view their methodology here.
Here are seven of the top dangerous places to be after dark in New Orleans:
The former village of Michoud is home to Nasa's Michoud Assembly Plant. It's also one of the unsafest parts of New Orleans after dark. According to Neighborhood Scout, New Orleans as a whole is safer than only 5% of the cities in the U.S. We've placed Michoud at the top of the list due to it's geographical size.
One of the lowest income areas in the country is also one of the unsafest after dark, according to the stats published by Neighborhood Scout. The folks here are hard working and employed but somehow manage to have incomes lower than 85% of the rest of the country. Additionally, 44% of the children here are below the poverty level.
While this niche neighborhood has a certain charm, it still falls into the category of one of the worst New Orleans neighborhoods to be in after dark. 77% of the children here live in poverty; 98% of the country is doing better than this NOLA neighborhood, according to Neighborhood Scout.
49% of the homes in this NOLA neighborhood were built after 1999. Many of the remaining homes were built between 1940 and 1969, according to Neighborhood Scout. Although none of that really has anything to do with why the crime rate is higher in this part of New Orleans, the fact remains that it's still one of the most dangerous places for crime in the city.
This small neighborhood is on the list of high crime spots in NOLA, according to Neighborhood Scout. They also report that nearly 30% of the folks living here either ride the bus or walk to work. This means that, especially in winter months when it gets dark earlier, if you live here you should be more cautious walking back to your home at night. This is afterall, one of the most dangerous spots to be after dark in NOLA.
Nationwide, approximately one in four children grows up in poverty. In this New Orleans neighborhood nearly three out of every four children grows up in poverty. Additionally, the income among the residents in this neighborhood is lower than 98.3% of the country, according to Neighborhood Scout. Another fact about this part of New Orleans? It's one of the most dangerous places to be after dark.
An interesting statistic Neighborhood Scout reports about this neighborhood is that 54.6% of the residents here live alone. That's a number greater than 98.7% of the rest of the U.S. population. Neighborhood Scout also displays this New Orleans neighborhood as being one of the worst for crime in the the City of New Orleans. So if you live here and live alone, be ever vigilant about your personal safety.
If you live in one of these seven neighborhoods in New Orleans then you should be extra attentive to your surroundings, especially at night.
Robin Jarvis is a travel writer and editor for OnlyInYourState.com with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. Her love for travel has taken her to many parts of the world. She's lived in the Carolinas for nearly three decades and currently resides in Charleston. When she's not working, she loves to cook with friends and check out new adventures. General questions and FAM tours: rjarvis@onlyinyourstate.com.
