We are now at 64 homicides for 2022, with 24 in March alone. This is the highest number of homicide victims in a single month since July of 2020 Carjacking still shows the highest rate of increase compared prior years – 11 more last week brings us to 101 for 2022 (+53% relative to 2021;…
Takeaways
The DA’s Office is reducing the backlog of unscreened felony cases and 701 timeline violations – case screening continues to outpace felony arrests.
A staggering THIRTEEN people were murdered over the last 7 days, for a 2022 homicide total of 57 YTD (+97% relative to 2019, +43% relative to 2021). This is the first week we have seen double-digit homicide victims since the MCC began tracking crime trends in 2019. Carjacking still shows the highest increases across the…
Trends in 2022 show marked improvements since the first 8 months of the current DA’s administration: Violent felony acceptance rate increased 11% Felony conviction rate rose a whopping 112% (+55% for violent felonies) Dismissals for both violent and nonviolent felony cases fell to 36% after accounting for over half of all felony case outcomes during…
Takeaways:
Arrests: Violent felonies account for 55% of felony arrests, which shows continued police focus on the violent crime surge in New Orleans.
Screening: The DA’s Office is addressing the backlog of unscreened felony cases = 603 felony cases were accepted or refused during a time when police made 541 felony arrests.
3/21/22 EDIT: 2020 numbers have been adjusted to reflect only March 6 YTD. Previous version compared YTD 2022 with all of March 2020. One homicide last week, a slowdown from the average of 4 per week we’ve had since the start of 2022. Carjacking remains extremely problematic, despite a lull during Mardi Gras. We’ve had…
