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Dec 31, 2025 · New Orleans often exaggerates national crime trends, but it fell “largely in line with the national trend this year” with violence, Asher said.

Jan 2, 2024 · By rounding up many of New Orleans’ 200 most wanted criminals back then, the NOPD helped drive one of the largest violent crime drops in city history, when the city went from a record …

Apr 9, 2024 · After New Orleans notched the nation’s highest homicide rate in 2022, then one of its biggest turnarounds in 2023 with a 25% drop in slayings, dramatic declines in violent crime have …

Sep 6, 2025 · From the tourist-heavy French Quarter to New Orleans East and across the river in Algiers, residents frustrated by ever-present crime and other seemingly intractable quality-of-life …

May 7, 2025 · Murders in New Orleans are down 34% compared to the first half of 2024, even after including the 14 killed during the New Year's Day terrorist attack.

Oct 1, 2023 · Violent crime in New Orleans has fallen 20% this year, exceeding the national trend. The reasons are not so clear.

Apr 7, 2026 · A man died at a hospital after he was shot in the head in the St. Claude area on Tuesday, New Orleans police said. New Orleans Police Department officers responded to calls reporting a …

Nov 19, 2024 · New Orleans' crime rates continue to show a significant drop in homicides in 2024 compared to previous years, even after a deadly mass shooting erupted in the city Sunday afternoon.

Jul 13, 2025 · New Orleans Police Department statistics indicate the city is on pace for its fewest number of killings since the early 1970s, with notable drops in murder and violent crime rates in 2025.