Juveniles Continue to Suffer the Violence: Three of Four Homicide Victims This Week
Crime report highlights the continuing assault on childhood
Crime in New Orleans remains mostly limited geographically and demographically.
Members of The BEC are familiar with this disturbing graphic: a 1 in 14 chance a black boy in New Orleans will not see his 35th birthday. 1 in 14.
Progress in fighting crime remains spotty and inconsistent…
As of November 19, 2023:
Homicide Victims: 204
Four homicides last week brings our YTD total to 204.
Homicide in 2023 is 16% lower than the same time in 2022, though remains higher relative to 2019-2021.
The homicide total includes ten victims of vehicular homicide, five negligent, and approximately six which may ultimately be deemed as justified by the DA’s office. These will not be counted as “murders” by NOPD.
Nonfatal Shooting Incidents: 336
There have been approximately 449 victims of nonfatal gunshot incidents in 2023, though this number is subject to change as investigations progress.
At the same time in 2022, there had been 415 shooting incidents and approximately 554 nonfatal shooting victims (an overall reduction of 21% in fatal/nonfatal shooting victims and a reduction of 20% in fatal nonfatal shooting incidents).
Carjacking Incidents: 131
With one incident last week, carjacking is down 48% relative to 2022 – still the biggest decline we are seeing in any major violent crime category since 2022.
As we have seen during most of 2023, the carjacking reduction coincides with a large (85%) increase in auto theft (as of November 19, 2022, 3,486 auto thefts vs. 6,437 in 2023).
Armed Robbery Incidents: 328
Armed robbery is 33% lower than this time in 2022 and 12% lower than the same time in 2019.
This is the only category of major violent crime showing reductions compared with the past 4 years.
In 2022, there were 3,486 reported auto thefts as of November 19th.
There have been at least 6,437 reported auto thefts to date in 2023, an increase of 85% since 2022.
While we are still averaging around 20 stolen cars per day, we have slowly improved since earlier in the year, when the city was averaging 25 stolen cars per day.
Always grateful to the Metropolitan Crime Commission for their research and service to the public.
I encourage everyone to join the Home Defense Foundation… please look into the great work they do!
Stay safe and situationally aware.
the bec
