The city has agreed to a payout to Raymond Flanks, who spent 39 years locked up before District Attorney Jason Williams’ ...

Violent crime in New Orleans declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, police officials announced Monday as National ...

Three years ago, New Orleans was named the murder capital of the country. Today, Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the city’s murder rate is down 55% since then.

The crime figures were released less than a week after armed troops arrived in New Orleans, becoming the latest city where President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard members on crime-fighting ...

Including the 14 lives lost in the New Year’s Day terror attack on Bourbon Street, the NOPD said murder was down 3 percent in 2025 compared to 2024. And in a three-year comparison, the department ...

For the 11th time, artist Mitchell Gaudet stood in front of City Hall on Wednesday morning, chatting with passersby as they ...

In 2022, New Orleans was considered the country's per-capita "murder capital," with 266 murders. That number was sliced in half to 121 in 2025. New data shows that violent crime in New Orleans is ...

Axios Visuals New Orleans' violent crime continued to trend down for the third year in a row, according to newly released statistics from the city police department. Why it matters: New Orleans ...

According to police, around 3:00 that morning, they responded to I-10 near the Esplanade exit where they found two people who’d been shot inside a car.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officials with the New Orleans Police Department released the final crime statistics for 2025. On Monday, Jan. 5, NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick and NOPD staff members ...