City leaders announce staggering decrease in major violent crime across New Orleans

OUR PRAYERS GO OUT WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT. SHARIF. THANK YOU. NOW, TO CRIME IN THE CRESCENT CITY AND NEW ORLEANS. POLICE AND CITY LEADERS ARE REVEALING SOME MAJOR STRIDES, ANNOUNCING THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN IN THE CITY BY NEARLY HALF. WDSU REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR IS LIVE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING? WITH WHICH AREAS ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME NEW CRIME FIGHTING MEASURES IN THE WORKS. SHAY. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YEAH, WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT MURDERS ARE DOWN IN THE CITY BY ABOUT 40%. WHEN IT COMES TO JUVENILE MURDERS, I’M TOLD THAT DECREASE IS A. STAGGERING 71%. WHEN A YOUNG PERSON IS MURDERED, LIKE THE 15 YEAR OLD, THE OTHER WEEK. THAT’S SO TRAGIC. BUT WE ARE REDUCING THOSE JUVENILE DEATHS. THAT’S NOT IT. OVERALL, MURDERS ARE DOWN BY NEARLY 40%. ARMED ROBBERIES AND CARJACKINGS HAVE BOTH DECREASED BY NEARLY 50%. THE CITY ALSO SEEING A DROP IN CAR THEFTS AND BREAK INS, CRIMES THAT ARE MOST PREVALENT IN OUR CITY. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A VICTIM OF ANY KIND OF CRIME, IT IS LIKELY THAT YOUR CAR WAS BROKEN INTO. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A 44% IN NEW ORLEANS EAST ALONE. COUNCILMAN OLIVER THOMAS TOUTING MURDERS, ARMED ROBBERIES AND SHOOTINGS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. THE LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MUNICIPAL DISTRICT IN THE STATE. IT WOULD BE THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IF IT STOOD ALONE. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BEGIN TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY AND THE SUCCESSES. IT REALLY TOOK A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE. CITY LEADERS ATTRIBUTE THIS GOOD NEWS TO MORE RESOURCES AND FEDERAL MONEY BEING PUT INTO NOPD, ALONG WITH THE HELP OF OTHER AGENCIES LIKE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE. FOR INSTANCE, WITH TROOP NOLA TROOP NOLA TROOPERS HAVE CONDUCTED 220 TRAFFIC STOPS, MADE 89 ARRESTS. TROOP NOLA HAS BEEN HERE SINCE FEBRUARY, BUT THEIR PRESENCE IS ALREADY FELT. IT’S A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, SO ANYONE WHO’S INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY BUSINESS UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU CAN’T REST ON YOUR LAURELS AND YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE THE TROOP PRESENCE. NOW, ANOTHER BIG STAT THAT NOPD SHARED THEIR SOLVE RATE. I’M TOLD THAT IT’S AT 65% AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE GOAL IS TO GET US TO SUPER BOWL 2025 WITH EVEN LESS CRIME. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT. REPORTING LI

City leaders said New Orleans is now a safer place. New reports show violent crimes, including murders and armed robberies, are way down.The city's top leaders attribute this good news to more boots on the ground and more resources and money allocated toward NOPD. Louisiana State Police Troop NOLA initiative has also helped with arrests and guns taken off the street. Officials said this decline did not happen overnight. Murders have decreased by almost 40% from this same time last year. Another big drop is the amount of juvenile murders in the city. Officials said we have experienced more than a 70% drop in juvenile murders. Chief Anne Kirkpatrick attributed this to proactive policing. "We don't talk about juvenile violence. But when a young person is murdered, like the 15-year-old the other week, it's just so tragic. But we are reducing those deaths. Anyone is too many," Kirkpatrick said. Another big stat NOPD shared was the increase in NOPD's solve rate. The solve rate is 65%. In New Orleans East, the biggest area of the city, the rates are also lower. For instance, murders in that area alone are down 37%. Attempted murder is down 100%. Aggravated battery is down 24%.The councilman of the area, Oliver Thomas said, "We are the largest African-American municipal district in the state. It would be the sixth or seventh largest city if it stood alone. I would hope you begin to tell the story about the community and it's successes."Agencies like Louisiana State Police-led Troop NOLA are also making a lot of arrests and getting guns off the streets.The hope is to continue this downward trend all the way up to Super Bowl 2025.

City leaders said New Orleans is now a safer place. New reports show violent crimes, including murders and armed robberies, are way down.

The city's top leaders attribute this good news to more boots on the ground and more resources and money allocated toward NOPD.

Louisiana State Police Troop NOLA initiative has also helped with arrests and guns taken off the street.

Officials said this decline did not happen overnight.

Murders have decreased by almost 40% from this same time last year.

Another big drop is the amount of juvenile murders in the city. Officials said we have experienced more than a 70% drop in juvenile murders. Chief Anne Kirkpatrick attributed this to proactive policing.

"We don't talk about juvenile violence. But when a young person is murdered, like the 15-year-old the other week, it's just so tragic. But we are reducing those deaths. Anyone is too many," Kirkpatrick said.

Another big stat NOPD shared was the increase in NOPD's solve rate. The solve rate is 65%.

In New Orleans East, the biggest area of the city, the rates are also lower. For instance, murders in that area alone are down 37%. Attempted murder is down 100%. Aggravated battery is down 24%.

The councilman of the area, Oliver Thomas said, "We are the largest African-American municipal district in the state. It would be the sixth or seventh largest city if it stood alone. I would hope you begin to tell the story about the community and it's successes."

Agencies like Louisiana State Police-led Troop NOLA are also making a lot of arrests and getting guns off the streets.

The hope is to continue this downward trend all the way up to Super Bowl 2025.

City leaders announce staggering decrease in major violent crime across New Orleans

City leaders announce staggering decrease in major violent crime across New Orleans

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