(The Center Square) — In Louisiana, violent and property crime numbers across the state have dropped from recent years.
Despite this, a survey earlier this year from the Manship School at LSU found that 72% of Louisiana residents say the amount of crime has increased in the past few years, with 41% saying crime is increasing in their local communities.
Although most Louisiana residents were not victims of crime over the past year, most personally know someone who was the victim of property crime, 58%, and many personally know someone who was attacked or threatened with violence, 44%.
The Center Square previously reported that, according to the FBI’s uniform crime reporting database , Bossier, Caddo, Ouachita, Orleans and East Baton Rouge parishes are all seeing downward trends in crime.
Additionally, New Orleans, which is commonly referred to as the murder capitol of the world, has seen a 38% decrease in murders, with police logging 180 this year. That number was as high as 265 at the end of the year in 2022, which was historically high even for the Big Easy.