2022, June 13 Crime

It has been a crushingly violent week, yet again. TWELVE more homicides this week, including an inmate killed while in custody.  Currently the 7th 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…

2022, June 5 Crime

Since our last update, we’ve surpassed the 2019 homicide total – we have had at least 123 homicides in 2022 as of June 5th Shooting incidents are up 93% relative to 2019, down 6% relative to 2021 – these incidents have become more brazen and seemingly indiscriminate (example- Tuesday morning’s I-10 shooting during morning rush…

2022, June 5 Prosecution

Takeaways Since last week’s update, there have been 79 new felony arrests, 105 new screened felony cases, and 37 new felony closed cases. A 54% majority of felony arrests are for violent felony offenses (18% domestic, 36% non-domestic violent) Weapons felonies show the highest rate of felony acceptance (78%). Domestic violence felonies have the lowest…

2022, May 30 Crime

At 120 to date, homicides continue to soar past prior years – we are currently 135% higher relative to 2019 and 50% higher relative to 2021 Shooting incidents are 88% higher relative to 2019 but remain slightly (-5%) lower relative to 2021.  We are continuing to see incidents with multiple victims, so the 196 incidents…

2022, May 30 Prosecution

Takeaways: More than half (54%) of felony arrests are for violent felony charges (18% domestic, 36% non-domestic violent) In 2022, a 73% majority of screened violent felonies were for domestic or non-domestic battery/assault. Only 31% of felony domestic and 54% of felony battery/assault cases were accepted for prosecution. Many of these cases are ultimately refused…

2022, May 23 Prosecution

Takeaways A 54% majority of arrests are for violent felony offenses (36% non-domestic, 18% domestic) A 56% majority of screened felonies have been accepted for prosecution in 2022, with weapons felonies showing the highest rate of acceptance (77%) and domestic violence felonies showing the lowest (31% accepted)\ Of the 329 closed violent felonies, only 22…

2022, May 23 Crime

Sadly, another violent week in New Orleans… Since our last update, 7 more individuals have lost their lives to violence, bringing our 2022 homicide total to 117. This is 56% higher relative to 2021, and is rapidly approaching the total number of 2019 homicides (121) We experienced at least two mass shootings over the weekend…

2022, May 16 Crime

Another five homicides last week brings us to 109 for 2022, up 45% relative to 2021, 91% relative to 2020, and 160% relative to 2019 – homicide has increased more than any other violent crime category relative to 2021 Shooting incidents are still 93% and 53% higher than 2019-2020, respectively, but remain 9% lower relative…