CrimeMetric

Crime in Harvey, Louisiana

Major crime in Harvey is 2.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 38% higher for persons crimes and 2.8 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 3.1% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
256
2.6 times the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Louisiana rate
up 3.1% in a year
Persons crimes
138
38% above the U.S. rate
14% below the Louisiana rate
about flat in a year
Property crimes
282
2.8 times the U.S. rate
2.1 times the Louisiana rate
up 3.5% in a year
Social disorder
146
46% above the U.S. rate
9% above the Louisiana rate
about flat in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 7.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Harvey for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Harvey

The middle half of Harvey residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 83 and 334; the typical (median) resident's is 189. The citywide figure (256) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Harvey, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–507.8%
  • 50–10034.4%
  • 100–20010.9%
  • 200–40033.1%
  • 400+13.8%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm286
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am208
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm318
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am213
Trend and outlook

Major crime rose 3.1% in a year; across Louisiana it fell 7.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime+3.1%LA -7.7%-16.5%LA -15.1%
Persons crimes-0.4%LA -3.7%-6.9%LA -3.8%
Property crimes+3.5%LA -8.7%-17.5%LA -18.1%
Social disorder+0.9%LA -5.8%-10.1%LA -10.1%

Change in expected crimes, with Louisiana as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Harvey against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

46 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Harvey; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Harvey, LA21,530256
Lorton, VA21,59159
Boone, NC21,54258
Hernando, MS21,48825

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Harvey has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Gretna (2 mi), is 26% below Harvey's rate.

Harvey256
Gretna2 mi190
Marrero3 mi122
Timberlane2 mi113
Terrytown2 mi108
Westwego5 mi79
Estelle4 mi70
Woodmere3 mi52

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Harvey

What are the most common crimes in Harvey?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 499 a year), other larceny (about 183 a year) and aggravated assault (about 68 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 7.3 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Harvey's figures add up its 16 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Harvey has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 91.7% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 21,530. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Harvey, Louisiana." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/la/harvey

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100