New Orleans is now considered America's murder capital, where the most homicides and crimes recently occurred, according to sources. The murders have doubled from the pre-pandemic level compared to St. Louis, which used to have more crimes.
Crime Wave in New Orleans
One of the most visited tourist cities in the US, New Orleans, has managed to earn the unwelcome moniker "America's murder capital."
The "Big Easy" has the highest murder rate in the United States, far surpassing that of other violently turbulent cities like St. Louis, Chicago, or New York. This is due to escalating crime and police departments' inadequacies, reported RT.
As seen by data from the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission, there have been 205 murders so far in 2022, up 46% from this time last year and 141% more than at the time of the disease outbreak.
This week, the city had several murders of 52 per 100,000 residents, outpacing St. Louis, which had the preceding murder rate in the country with fewer than 45 per 100,000 killings so far this year. It has the most homicides and crimes.
One of the most infamous US cities for gun crime, Chicago, has several murders that are nearly triple that of New Orleans this year.
In comparison, there are just 3.5 homicides per 100,000 people in New York City. Throughout New Orleans, killings occur at a rate that is almost 15 times greater. As seen by data from the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission, there have been 205 murders so far in 2022, up 46% from this time last year and 141% more than at the time of the disease outbreak.
Shortage of Police Force
As of this week, the city had several murders of 52 per 100,000 residents, outpacing St. Louis, which had the preceding murder rate in the country with fewer than 45 per 100,000 killings so far this year.
Nhu Vuh, a 40-year-old Vietnamese grocery store clerk, reported to the Wall Street Journal how an officer wouldn't come till the following day when she called the police to report an angry homeless man who'd already assaulted her.
As said by data from the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission, there have been 205 murders thus far in 2022, which represents a 141% rise from the time of the global pandemic and a 46% boost from this moment last year.
The city had 52 murders per 100,000 residents this week, outpacing St. Louis, which has the country's lowest murder rate with fewer than 45 murders per 100,000 people this year.
Their police department had about one-third fewer officers than before Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city in 2005, as police decided to leave the force faster than the city could hire recruits.
Steadily for the past July, Officer Scott Fanning hit the headlines when he came to an abrupt end to his shift due to fears that understaffing was making the job too risky. The city's top prosecutor, District Attorney Jason Williams, won office a year ago after winning funding from billionaire political activist George Soros.
Williams has refused to indict perpetrators in roughly half of the violent felony arrests, and indictments have supposedly been lowered in about two-thirds of the court cases for felony convictions under his watch. America's murder capital is now New Orleans, with the most homicides and crimes registered compared to other cities.
