New Orleans Homicides 2025. The 2022 new orleans crime rate rose by 9% compared to 2021. Many of them had arrived on bourbon street on new year’s eve to celebrate the promise of the year to come:
New orleans — according to the metropolitan crime commission, new orleans’ murder rate has plummeted to levels not seen in years. New orleans recorded a 35% drop in homicides in 2024, along with reductions in shootings, carjackings, and robberies, marking two years of declining violent crime rates.