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Violent crime fell in 2025 for a third straight year in New Orleans
New Orleans saw a 15% drop in murders and 35% fewer carjackings in 2025, credited to targeted police efforts and National Guard support, officials said.
- Violent crime in New Orleans declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, according to police data.
- President Donald Trump approved sending 350 National Guard members to Louisiana to fight crime after a request from the governor.
- Although considered the country's per-capita murder capital in 2022 with 266 murders, New Orleans had only 121 murders in 2025.
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Columnist Will Sutton is excited that New Orleans has had a three-year crime reduction and strong violent crime improvements year-over-year, but he wants more. A three-peat is good. What about an eight-year crime reduction streak?
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Violent crime fell in 2025 for a third straight year in New Orleans, where Guard troops now patrol
New Orleans ended 2025 with its third year of declining violent crime rates even as armed National Guard troops patrolled the city's streets on the orders of President Donald Trump.
·United States
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