Gretna, LA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Gretna:

  • There were 710 total crimes committed in Gretna in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,229.2 total crimes per 100K people in Gretna.
  • The overall crime rate in Gretna is 99.56% above the national average.
  • Gretna ranks #65 safest out of 83 cities in Louisiana.
  • Gretna ranks #9,357 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live 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 4,229.2 per 100,000 people. That's 99.56% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 50.17% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 2,816.2 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gretna
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 710 4,229.2 2,816.2 2,119.2
Murder 2 11.9 10.8 5.0
Robbery 9 53.6 39.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 57 339.5 436.0 256.0
Violent Crime 72 428.9 519.8 359.0
Burglary 58 345.5 405.4 229.0
Larceny 524 3,121.3 1,636.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 56 333.6 254.8 259.0
Property Crime 638 3,800.3 2,296.4 1,760.0

Gretna Crime Compared To Louisiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Louisiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Gretna

72
Violent Crimes
428.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
19.46%
Above The National Average
  • There were 72 violent crimes in Gretna in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gretna is 428.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 233.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gretna each year. That compares to a 1 in 192.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 19.46% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -17.50% lower than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 519.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gretna

638
Property Crimes
3,800.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
115.93%
Above The National Average
  • There were 638 property crimes in Gretna in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gretna is 3,800.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 26.3 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 115.93% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 65.49% higher than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,296.4 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 364,197 23,493 6,450.6 5,089.6 1,361.1
Kenner, LA 62,377 1,982 3,177.5 2,832.8 344.7
Westwego, LA 8,021 202 2,518.4 2,094.5 423.9

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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