NOPD reports continued in 2025 a significant decline in violent crime in 2025

The NOPD superintendent Anne E. Kirkpatrick recently discussed the continuing reductions in violent crimes in New Orleans in the first quarter of 2025.

During a press conference on May 6, Kirkpatrick addressed the continued efforts of the department to combat crime in the city, and cited data, which were compiled by the analytical unit of the department, which have a persistent significant decline in both violent violent crime and the respective subcategories.

“Due to our strategies for crime prevention, these figures not only represent a crime of crime in our city, but also shows a decline in the victims,” ​​said Kirkpatrick.

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So far, in 2025, the NOPD has recorded a total acceptance of incidents with violent crime compared to the same time in 2024. This closes murder, tightened battery, tightened bodily harm, severe rape, simple rape, armed robberies and simple robberies reported to the police.

With regard to murders, the department decreased by 34 percent for a year in 2025. This number comprises the 14 victims of the terrorist attack of January 1 in the Bourbon Street. Without this number, the department recorded a decline in the murders by 61 percent with 21 murders compared to 53 murders at this time in 2024.

The fatal shooting incidents have so far declined by 28 percent in 2025. So far, 18 incidents compared to 46 such incidents in the same period in 2024. In the meantime, the incidents have not declined by 27 percent, with 62 incidents in 2025 in 2024 in 2024 compared to 85 such incidents in 2024.

Kirkpatrick also spoke about the solution rate of the murder department, which is around 91 percent.

“This means that it has a chance of 9 to be arrested that the person who takes the lives of people will be arrested,” she said.

A factor that is suitable for this goal are the continuing efforts to work together with partner trap persecution and law enforcement authorities. This includes an ongoing multi-agency surgery that combines local and federal law enforcement staff. In the joint tactical intelligence group, NOPD worked closely with the office for alcohol, tobacco and firearms (ATF) and Homeland Security investigations (HSI) in order to target illegal narcotics activities and violent crimes in the city. He delivered more than 100 arrested persons and solved almost 200 arrest warrants since the beginning in August 2024. The work also conducted the work. The work also conducted the work in which the work in the Orleans district applications were conducted. The work also conducted the work in which the work led to the Orleans districts. Narcotics and violent criminal operations had been centered.

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Jason Williams, district prosecutor of Orleans Parish, praised the department's efforts, including that of the common tactical intelligence group, and quoted them as a significant positive effect on the work of his office in order to enable strong cases in court and to secure convictions.

“People lure these results locally and nationally,” said Williams. “It is not a serendipity. This did not happen by accident. This work product is better than ever. This is a result of (officers) to make this community safer. This (murder) solution rate is not something that you hear about many departments because you do not have them. This is a player.”

Kirkpatrick reminded the public that there are curative options for those who deal with criminal activities who want to find a way out.

“We can actually help you if you only call us,” she said. “We can receive resources to break this cycle. We are the interest in the holistic approach of public health to reduce violence in our community.”

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