The Safest New Orleans Neighborhoods and the Cost to Buy Homes in those Areas

Living in New Orleans, crime is going to happen in your neighborhood no matter where you live. Varying levels of home quality and neighborhood safety from one street to the next is part of what makes this city so unique. If you are buying New Orleans property, particularly if you’re relocating here, you must understand the difference between the many New Orleans neighborhoods to limit your chances of becoming a victim of a crime.

Here are five of the more crime-free neighborhoods New Orleans has to offer, and what it costs to buy there. Consult our “Neighborhood Map of New Orleans” under the “Buyers Tab” to see where these neighborhoods lie:

Audubon
Audubon is an Uptown neighborhood that hosts Audubon Park, the Audubon Zoo, “the Fly”, as well as both Tulane and Loyola Universities. The area offers some of the most beautiful and thus most expensive Real Estate in town.

Six-month Average Sales Prices on Single Family Homes:
Average Sale Price: $996,000
Average Sales Price per Square Foot: $290.00
Touro
Touro is also a subset of Uptown. Touro neighborhood encompasses Touro Hospital and many home owners and renters in the area are Doctors, Nurses, and Administrators who work in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is particularly safe due to Private Patrol.

Six-month Average Sales Prices on Single Family Homes (excluding one outlier):
Average Sale Price: $611,889
Average Sales Price per Square Foot: $288.76
Lake Terrace and Lake Oaks
These two neighborhoods face Lake Pontchartrain and are home to University of New Orleans. This part of town is very residential and very safe. There is not a lot of property turnover in Lake Terrace and Lake Oaks; this arguable the most family-oriented part of town and thus arguably the most safe.

Six-month Average Sales Prices on Single Family Homes:
Average Sale Price: $395,738
Average Sales Price per Square Foot: $139.45
French Quarter
Locals and visitors alike may be surprised to see New Orleans’ most famous neighborhood on this list. There is a 1-in-54 chance of encountering crime in the French Quarter, which is half as likely as those same odds for New Orleans average as a whole. Check out this condo available for rent at 425 Burgundy.

Six-month Average Sales Prices on Condos:
Average Sale Price: $495,063
Average Sales Price per Square Foot: $529.79
Lakeview
The safest part of the city was mostly built after World War II and resembles many of New Orleans suburban communities whilst retaining the advantage of living just 10-15 minutes from the French Quarter.

Six-month Average Sales Prices on Single Family Homes:
Average Sale Price: $475,080
Average Sales Price per Square Foot: $199.13

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Again, crime is inevitable in every New Orleans neighborhood. Unless there a home for sale on Audubon Place and you can afford to live there (in which case do I have the Realtor for you!!), the reality is that crime will happen close to home. These five neighborhoods are safer than some of the other neighborhoods absent from this list, but if you feel you need even more security (which is understandable), perhaps you should be looking at the North Shore.