Gretna, LA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Gretna, LA Summary

Crime in Gretna research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gretna over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Gretna:

  • There were 733 total crimes committed in Gretna the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,222.8 total crimes per 100K people in Gretna.
  • The overall crime rate in Gretna is 81.69% above the national average.
  • Gretna ranks #79 safest out of 110 cities in Louisiana.
  • Gretna ranks #9,087 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Gretna Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gretna is 4,222.8 per 100,000 people. That's 81.69% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 19.84% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 3,523.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gretna
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 733 4,222.8 3,523.8 2,324.2
Murder 1 5.8 15.8 6.3
Robbery 12 69.1 80.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 84 483.9 497.0 268.2
Violent Crime 104 599.1 639.4 369.8
Burglary 75 432.1 510.1 269.8
Larceny 500 2,880.5 2,107.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 54 311.1 266.9 282.7
Property Crime 629 3,623.7 2,884.4 1,954.4

Gretna Crime Compared To Louisiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Louisiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Gretna

104
Violent Crimes
599.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
62.02%
Above The National Average
  • There were 104 violent crimes in Gretna in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gretna is 599.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 166.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gretna each year. That compares to a 1 in 156.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 62.02% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -6.30% lower than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 639.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gretna

629
Property Crimes
3,623.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
85.41%
Above The National Average
  • There were 629 property crimes in Gretna in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gretna is 3,623.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 27.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gretna each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 85.41% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 25.63% higher than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,884.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gretna

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
New Orleans, LA 370,128 22,522 6,084.9 4,640.8 1,444.1
Kenner, LA 66,250 1,751 2,643.0 2,230.9 412.1
Westwego, LA 8,266 196 2,371.2 1,887.2 483.9

Gretna SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
4
Diversity
9.5
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
5
Commute
8
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