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New Orleans, LA crime rate

Offenses reported by the New Orleans Police Department to the FBI for 2024, next to 2023, the state and the country — counts and rates per 100,000 residents.

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Quick answer

In 2024 the New Orleans Police Department reported — violent offenses and — property offenses across a covered population of 361,802. That is — violent crimes per 100,000 residents, with no national comparison available.

Violent crime rate 2024
—US 363.9 per 100k
Property crime rate 2024
—US 1,769 per 100k
Violent crime year over year
—2023 to 2024, reported counts
Violent clearance rate
—Cleared by arrest or exceptional means

Every offense the FBI publishes for New Orleans

Reported offenses and rates per 100,000 residents, 2024, with the state and national rate alongside.

OffenseReported 2024Rate per 100kLouisiana rateUS ratevs 2023
Violent crime——504.2363.9—
Murder & non-negligent manslaughter——9.55.2—
Rape——34.239.3—
Robbery——35.461.7—
Aggravated assault——425.1257.6—
Property crime——2,168.11,769—
Burglary——382.6232.1—
Larceny / theft——1,5501,267.8—
Motor vehicle theft——228.3258—
Arson——7.111.1—

How to read New Orleans crime data

What these numbers do and do not tell you.

Everything above is what one agency — the New Orleans Police Department, ORI LANPD0000 — reported to the FBI for a covered population of 361,802. Transit, university, county and state police working the same streets file separately and are not added in, so a city total is not the total of all crime inside the city limits. Rates use the agency's own population coverage as the denominator, which is how the FBI computes them. Reporting practices, staffing and NIBRS transition dates differ between departments, so treat city-to-city comparison as directional rather than exact.

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Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency-level UCR/NIBRS · rates as published for 2024 reporting year

Agency New Orleans Police Department, ORI LANPD0000. Counts are offenses known to law enforcement; clearances may include cases opened in an earlier year.