Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 4.0Safety in Elmwood, LA: what is reported
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Harahan, 2 miles away, graded B+. Elmwood has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. 4 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles.
The nearest Louisiana towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Elmwood. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Elmwood.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Elmwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Elmwood had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is about what is typical for Louisiana towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (10.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Elmwood’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elmwood’s own rate (13.2) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Elmwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harahan | B+ | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Jefferson | — | — | — |
| Avondale | — | — | — |
| Bridge City | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jefferson, Avondale and Bridge City are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Elmwood
Is Elmwood, LA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Elmwood. The nearest Louisiana towns with a grade are Harahan (B+, 2 mi), Westwego (C−, 4 mi), Kenner (C−, 6 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Elmwood.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.