It has been a crushingly violent week, yet again.

TWELVE more homicides this week, including an inmate killed while in custody.  Currently the 7^th District – also the largest – has seen at least 37 homicides this year, the highest of any NOPD district.  Later this week, we will release additional district-level data on major violent crimes. Overall, we’ve seen a 52% increase in homicides relative to 2021 and a 150% increase relative to 2019

Shootings are 92% higher relative to 2019 and 5% lower relative to 2021 – again, the 7^th District has seen the highest number of shooting incidents (64). Is worth noting that we did have another mass shooting incident (defined as 4 or more victims) in the 3^rd District over the weekend, so the 215 shooting incidents reported to date is significantly lower than the actual number of shooting victims to date

Carjacking is up 182% relative to 2019 and 5% relative to 2021 – the gap between 2021-2022 is narrowing rapidly, suggesting that there has been a bit of a slowdown recently.  The 7^th District remains at the top of the list for number of carjacking incidents (36), with the 5^th and 6^th Districts not far behind (25 and 19 carjacking incidents, respectively)

Armed robbery is up 20% relative to 2019 and 26% relative to 2021.  In this category, the 3^rd District has the highest number of reported armed robbery (40 to date), with the 8^thDistrict closely following at 38 armed robberies

Stay safe and have a great week!