Auto Glass Repair in Navarre, New Orleans
Navarre sits inside Lakeview. Here is what the
city's own records say about broken glass in this neighborhood — and who is licensed to deal with it.
49vehicles broken into
269collisions
28vehicles stolen
1licensed motor-trade businesses
Between January 2024 and September 16, 2026 the New Orleans Police Department
logged 49 vehicles broken into and 269 collisions inside
Navarre. That is 318 glass-breaking events in 990 days, or about 1% of everything the city recorded.
Navarre does not lean one way. Roughly
15% of the events were break-ins and 85% collisions,
so both kinds of glass work happen here in volume: tempered door windows that have gone to pellets,
and laminated windshields that have starred or cracked.
Year by year in Navarre
| Year | Vehicles broken into | Collisions |
|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 80 |
| 2025 | 28 | 109 |
| 2026 (to Sept 16) | 10 | 80 |
Between the two full years on the table, break-ins went up by 17
and collisions went up by 29. The 2026 row is a partial
year — it stops on September 16, 2026 — so it is on the table to be read, not to be compared against the two above it.
Who works here
The city's licence register puts 1 motor-trade business
inside Navarre, though none of them holds a glass licence.
These are licences, not reviews — the register says who is allowed to trade, not who is good.
| On the register as | Trade | Licensed since |
| Soft Touch Car Wash | Oil change | 2006 |
None of them is licensed under Automotive Glass Replacement Shops — there are only
3 of those in the entire city. Here is what that actually means.
What to do with a cracked windshield
The question is always the same one: can it be repaired, or does the glass have to come out?
Repair is on the table while the damage is a chip or a short star, is not sitting in the
driver's direct line of sight, and is not close to the edge of the glass. Resin is injected into the
break, which stops it travelling and takes most of the mark out.
Repair is off the table once the crack has run — especially to the edge. The windshield is
bonded into the body and carries load; a crack that reaches the edge has compromised the part of it
that does the work. At that point replacement is the only honest answer, and anyone who tells you
otherwise is selling you a repair that will fail.
Check the mirror. If there is a camera housing behind it, the glass is carrying the sensor
for lane keeping and automatic braking, and the system has to be recalibrated after the new glass
goes in. Say the year, make and model when you ask for a quote so nobody is surprised on the day.
Where Navarre sits against the rest of the city
Out of the 61 New Orleans neighborhoods with enough recorded activity to measure,
Navarre ranks #43 by total glass-breaking events. The city logged
6,798 break-ins and 42,135 collisions over the same 990 days,
which works out at 6.9 and 42.6 a day respectively.
The comparison is on the front page, with every neighborhood in one table.
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Counts are calls to the New Orleans Police Department, January 2024 through September 16, 2026, placed inside the
city's published boundary for Navarre (Neighborhood Statistical Areas, dataset exvn-jeh2).
Businesses come from Active Occupational Licenses (iqay-p646) and are listed because they hold a
licence, which is not a recommendation. How we use city data.