Executions are carried out by lethal injection at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as Angola) and the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women at St. Main article: Capital punishment in LouisianaĬapital punishment is applied in Louisiana. The Baton Rouge Police Department currently employs 789 police personnel (police officers, dispatchers and specialty positions). in 2011 with a rate of 1,065.7 violent crimes per 100,000, surpassing New Orleans at 792 per 100,000. Baton Rouge also had the 25th highest violent crime rate in the U.S. The murder rate in Baton Rouge for 2011 was the 8th highest in the nation among large cities at 27.6 per 100,000. In In 2011, there were 15,134 crimes committed in Baton Rouge, including 64 murders, 51 forcible rapes, and 12,666 property crimes. This is a downwards trend from the 106 murders in 2017, the recent record high. In 2019, Baton Rouge had 83 murders with homicide rate was a per-capita homicide rate 31. Other violent crimes in 2018 also experienced a drop from previous years. Despite this high number nationwide, this is still one of the lowest homicide rates for New Orleans since 1971. In 2019, New Orleans had 121 murders with a rate of 30.7, ranking it number four in the top homicide city rates in the U.S. Some reports list statistics for the previous year higher/lower than shown on said previous year's report.īy location New Orleans average of 6.6 murders per 100,000 from 1989- 2014.Ĭrime totals by offense in the state of Louisiana from 1995 through 2018 as recorded by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. Louisiana averaged 13.7 murders per 100,000, compared to the U.S. states in 2020 for the 32nd straight year (1989–2020), according to The 2020 FBI Uniform Crime Report. Louisiana experienced the highest per-capita murder rate (15.8 per 100,000) among all U.S. Firearms were leading with 52% and strongarm listed with a percentage of 35%. Similarly, robberies were committed mostly with firearms in 2018. Together, these two contribute for 80.4% of the murders. Handguns remain the leading murder weapon with a rate of 44.7% with firearm (type unknown) following close behind at 35.7%. Additionally, robbery dropped 15% and aggravated assault dropped 1.5%. Rape went up 12.7% from 2017 while murder/non-negligent manslaughter declined 7.8%. Violent crime decreased from 2017 to 2018, but 2012 still remains the lowest with its record of 22,868. 2018 had the least amount of non-violent criminal offenses since at least 2008. According to the Louisiana Uniform Crime reporting program, there were 177,710 crimes reported in Louisiana in 2018.