Crime & Safety in Metairie
Metairie's crime picture reads as genuinely moderate-to-favorable across sources reviewed this pass, alongside a real, disclosed data-availability caveat: because Metairie is unincorporated, it carries no standalone FBI Uniform Crime Reporting figure of its own, and this record's data instead comes from private aggregators drawing on underlying Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office data.
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Learn moreA Real, Genuinely Favorable Cited Crime Rate
NeighborhoodScout's own cited violent crime rate for Metairie ran approximately 3.225 per 1,000 residents (approximately 322.5 per 100,000) -- below the FBI's cited 2024 national rate of 359.1 per 100,000, per this project's own established national sourcing. A separate source described Metairie's overall crime rate as running approximately 25% below the national average, with a cited approximately 1-in-280 chance of violent-crime victimization in a typical year.
A Real, Disclosed Data-Availability Caveat This Record Does Not Obscure
Because Metairie is a real, genuine unincorporated census-designated place -- not an incorporated city with its own standalone police department -- it does not independently report to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program the way an incorporated city does. Crime data for Metairie specifically is compiled by private aggregators (NeighborhoodScout, CrimeGrade, DoorProfit, and similar) from underlying Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office data, rather than a standalone, FBI-published municipal figure -- this record discloses this real, genuine limitation directly rather than presenting private-aggregator figures with more authority than they actually carry.
A Genuinely More Favorable Picture Than Several Other Urban-Core Markets
This record discloses these figures as a real, genuinely more favorable crime picture than several other legacy-city and urban-core markets covered elsewhere in this project, while being careful not to overstate the precision of aggregator-sourced data relative to a directly-reported FBI municipal figure.
Real, Substantial Variance Across the Metro's Many Distinct Areas
Given the real distinction between Metairie, New Orleans, and Jefferson Parish's other communities (Kenner, Gretna, Harahan, and more) detailed on the base record, crime data and risk profiles genuinely differ across the broader metro. Per site policy, no specific Metairie neighborhood is characterized as simply 'unsafe' -- research current, address-specific crime data directly via the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for any target area.
Confirm Current, Official Data for a Specific Address Directly
Given the real, disclosed reliance on private aggregators rather than a standalone FBI municipal figure, this record recommends confirming current, address-specific crime data directly with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office before relying solely on any single aggregator-cited figure in this record.
Key takeaways
- Metairie's cited violent crime rate (~322.5 per 100,000, NeighborhoodScout) runs below the FBI's cited 2024 national rate of 359.1 per 100,000.
- A separate source cited Metairie's overall crime rate at approximately 25% below the national average, with a ~1-in-280 chance of violent-crime victimization in a typical year.
- Because Metairie is unincorporated, it carries no standalone FBI Uniform Crime Reporting figure -- this record's data comes from private aggregators drawing on Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office data, a real, disclosed limitation.
- Metairie's crime picture reads as genuinely more favorable than several other urban-core markets covered elsewhere in this project, per the sources reviewed.
- Confirm current, address-specific crime data directly with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for any specific target area.
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