New Orleans retains the murder capitol of the US title w/ 209 in 2007 giving it an estimated 71/100K murder rate.
Going by last years numbers, NO had 30% (161) of the states murders (530) but only 6% (255K)of the population (4.3M) giving it 7X the murder rate of the rest of the state. I doubt the rest of the state saw a similarly large increase.
I guess residents should continue to rely on the police and NG for protection. They're doing a fine job of it now. My hats' off to you Mayor Nagin.
NYC and Chicago are claiming the lowest levels in years. I'ld like to see a neighborhood breakdown of those claims because areas like Englewood sure haven't seen a decrease.
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