Posted on 06/08/2017 5:51:34 PM PDT by BBell
Orleans Parish was deemed the most-murderous county in the United States, based on a study of per-capita homicide rates spanning most of the past decade. The ignominious honor was bestowed upon New Orleans in a report posted on law enforcement website PoliceOne.com, which looked at nationwide data from the seven-year period between 2009-15.
The study determined New Orleans' rate of 43 homicides per 100,000 people was the highest of any county, independent city or district during the sampled period, exceeding the rates recorded in such murder hotspots as Chicago's Cook County, Baltimore, St. Louis and Washington D.C., among others. Chicago, which last year led the nation with 762 homicides, had a per-capita rate of 11 homicides per 100,000 people during the sampled period.
New Orleans ranked sixth in the nation in the study's overall crime index, a list of the 100 most crime-ridden counties or municipalities.
The study's ranking of the nation's Top 10 most-murderous counties:
1. Orleans Parish -- 43 homicides per 100,000 people
2. Coahoma County, Miss. (Clarksdale) -- 37 homicides per 100,000 people
3. Phillips County, Ark. (Helena-West Helena) -- 34 homicides per 100,000 people
4 (tie). St. Louis, Mo. -- 33 homicides per 100,000 people
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
I live in the Parish that borders Orleans on the North. I live about 6 or 7 miles from the Parish line. Our rate is 3.1 homicides per 100,000 . And of these a lot have ties to Orleans.
Needless to say I don't cross the lake very often.
I do need to mention that every unnatural death is a homicide. We have very lax gun laws so some of these homicides may be a good guy shooting a bad guy. justifiable homicide.
I used to live in Orleans Parrish
I had a close friend raped and murdered there
I have no love for that place
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Yes. The news media especially likes to use the terms loosely
They did not include the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The U.S. Virgin Islands has routinely had rates that should put them on that list, but they are routinely excluded from U.S. lists because they are a territory.
A case can be made to exclude them. The U.S. Virgin Islands would be a contender for the top spot. They are a territory of the United States. The numbers I have vary from 60 per 100K in 2010 to 32.9 in 2015.
I was driving from LA to Miami, stopped in New Orleans, where my grandmother once lived. Such fond memories of annual vacations in the gracious, beautiful town. I parked near St. Louis Square, mentioned to the elderly black attendant that I was tempted to move to NOLA because I’d always loved it.
He shook his head. “Wouldn’t be safe for you now,” he said with real regret. His gracious, charming city had been stolen from him too. WE shared a moment of silent understanding.
That was in 1987. Everyone our family knew there has left, and all with great sadness.
WTF, no Wilmington, De.
Welfare reform would fix this.
They subsidize generational poverty by incentivizing welfare queens to have large numbers of children.
Sterilization should be required for long-term welfare.
I had heard that Katrina washed out a lot of career criminals and that the city was much improved.
You need to stay in Slidell or Mandeville as much as possible. Maybe even Covington. LOL!
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