Murders and Non-Fatal Shootings Trend...• In 2015, New Orleans’ murder rate (42.7) continued the...

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Office of Criminal Justice Coordination

Murders and Non-Fatal Shootings Trend

2015 Annual Report

Report Overview

● This report provides analysis of murders and non-fatal shootings in New Orleans

during 2015

● It examines the number of incidents and victims, the contextual environment of

incidents, modality of violence, characteristics of victims, and characteristics of

arrested suspects in cleared cases

● These factors were analyzed geographically to highlight differences between the

NOLA FOR LIFE target areas and the city as a whole:

o Behrman Area

o Central City

o Little Woods

o St. Roch Area

● The data was collected from several datasets and databases maintained by the New

Orleans Police Department, and the analyses were conducted by staff in the Mayor’s


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Target Neighborhoods include: Behrman, Central City,

Little Woods, McDonogh, Seventh Ward, St. Claude, St.

Roch, and Whitney

Examination of Target AreasDemographics

● The four Target

Neighborhoods are similar

in gender distribution

compared to the citywide

representation

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Behrman Area Central City Little Woods St. Roch Area Citywide

Residents’ Gender

Male Female

Graph derived from data obtained from the Greater New Orleans Community Data

Center website: http://www.gnocdc.org/NeighborhoodData/Orleans.html based on

U.S. Census 2010 updated in 2014.

● The proportion of residents

who are African-American is

much higher in the Target

Neighborhoods than

citywide

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Residents’ Race

African-American Caucasian Other




● Central City more closely

mirrors the age distribution

of the city than the other

Target Neighborhoods

● The Behrman Area and

Little Woods are at least 6

percentage points more

residents younger than 18

years old than the citywide

comparison

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Residents’ Age

< 18 Years 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+




% NOT Earning a Salary,

Wage, or Self-Employed

Income

Average Annual

Household Income

% Living Below the

Poverty Level

% Spending >=30% of

Household Income on

Rent

Behrman Area 17% $38,658 26% 42%

Central City 32% $35,687 42% 37%

Little Woods 21% $40,222 32% 36%

St. Roch Area 33% $29,335 42% 46%

Citywide 18% $60,280 27% 35%

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Examination of Target AreasSocioeconomic Indicators

• The average annual household income is more than 40% less in the Target Neighborhoods than the citywide

comparison ($35,976 vs. $60,280)

• A higher proportion of residents in Central City and the St. Roch Area are not earning a salary, wage, or self-employed

income when compared to the Citywide benchmark (+14 and +15 percentage points respectively)

• A higher proportion of residents in Central City and the St. Roch Area are living below the poverty level when

compared to the Citywide benchmark (both are +15 percentage points respectively)

• More residents of all Target Neighborhoods are spending 30% or more of their household income on rent than the

Citywide comparison

• St. Roch, highlighted in red, performed worse in each category amongst the Target Neighborhoods when compared

citywide




● Although a greater

percentage of residents in

the Target Neighborhoods

have a high school diploma

than citywide residents,

college attendance and

degree obtainment see an

opposite trend

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45%


Educational Attainment

Less than High School High School Diploma or GED

Some College, No Degree Associate's Degree or higher

Examination of Target AreasEducational Indicators




● Similar to the citywide

comparison, the plurality of

Target Neighborhood

households are children

living only with their mother

● Among Target

Neighborhoods, Little

Woods has the largest

percentage of households in

which children lived with a

married parent (25%)

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Examination of Target AreasSocial Indicator

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Household Composition

Children Living with Mother Only Children Living with Grandparents

Children Living with Married Parent




2015 Murder and Non-Fatal Shootings in Review

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• There were 164 murders in 2015 (avg. 13.6 per month)

• Murders were up 9.3% (+14) over 2014

• The 7th District had the most murders (44)

• Little Woods, in the 7th District, had the most murders of any neighborhood (17)

• 30% (50) of 2015 murders were cleared within the calendar year

• There were 39 murder victims within the NOLA FOR LIFE target group (African-

American male age 16-24) (24%)

• There were 340 non-fatal shooting victims in 2015 (avg. 28.3 per month)

• Non-fatal shootings were down 13.5% (-53) under 2014

• The 5th District had the most non-fatal shootings (71)

• Central City, in the 6th District, had the most non-fatal shootings of any neighborhood

(46)

• 26% (89) of 2015 non-fatal shootings were cleared within the calendar year

• There were 116 non-fatal shooting victims within the NOLA FOR LIFE target group

(African-American male age 16-24) (34%) Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman Area, Central City, Little Woods, and St. Roch Area.

2015 in Review Continued

Summary of Murders

● Majority of murder victims were African-American males (77%)

● The average age of a murder victim was 32 years old

● Murder victims were more likely to be killed in a public space (61%) and were more likely to

be drug related (26%)

● A handgun was the most commonly used weapon in a murder (75%)

● The majority of arrested murder suspects were African-American males (87%)

● The average age of an arrested murder suspect was 29 years old

Summary of Non-fatal Shootings

● Majority of non-fatal shooting victims were African-American males (77%)

● The average age of a non-fatal shooting victim was 29 years old

● Non-fatal shooting victims were more likely to be shot in a public space (64%) and were

equally likely to be drug related or the result of a retaliation or feud (26%)

● A handgun was the most commonly used firearm in a non-fatal shooting (78%)

● Arrested non-fatal shooting suspects were commonly African-American males (86%)

● The average age of an arrested non-fatal shooting suspect was 30 years old

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• In 2015, New Orleans’

murder rate (42.7)

continued the trend of

being lower than its

average since 2010 (46.9)

• The New Orleans

murder rate was almost

15 points lower in 2015

(42.7) than it was in

2004 (57.2), the year

before Hurricane

Katrina a decade ago

• The average New

Orleans murder rate

since 2010 (46.9) was

more than 36% lower

than it was two decades

ago during the same 6

year span (1990-1995:

70.6)

Historical Murder Trend

Average Murder Rate by Decade: 1980s – 37.9; 1990s – 63; 2000s – 56.2; 2010s – 46.9

46.9

42.7

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New Orleans Murder Rate: Historical Comparison

2010-15 Avg. 2015

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• In 2015, the number of

murders (164) in New

Orleans continued the

trend of being lower

than the average (173)

since 2010

• The number of murders

in New Orleans was

38% lower in 2015 (164)

than it was in 2004

(264), the year before

Hurricane Katrina a

decade ago

• Since 2010, the average

number of murders in

New Orleans (173) was

more than 50% lower

than it was two decades

ago during the same 6

year span (1990-1995:

352)

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164

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Murders in New Orleans: Historical Comparison

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Historical Murder Trend

Average Murder Count by Decade: 1980s – 212.5; 1990s – 311.6; 2000s – 214.6; 2010s – 172.6

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Murders and Non-Fatal Shootings – 2015

157

241

398

211

293

504

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Target Neighborhoods Non-Target Neighborhoods Citywide

Incidents Victims

Note on murders: Totals do not include justifiable/negligent homicides

or police shootings

Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman Area, Central City,

Little Woods, and St. Roch Area.13

Incidents by Type

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86

141

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Murders Murder Incidents with Non-Fatal Shooting Victim(s) Non-Fatal Shootings

14Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman Area, Central City, Little Woods, and St. Roch Area.

Murder Trends

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Note on murders: Totals do not include justifiable/negligent

homicides or police shootings.

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Murders Citywide (164)2010-14 Avg. 2014 2015

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Murders in Hot Spots (64)2010-14 Avg. 2014 2015

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Murders by Month

2010-14 Avg. 2014 2015

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Not Solved

Exception

Warrant

Arrest

Clearance Rate: 52.4%

Note on clearance rate: The murder clearance rate for similar sized

cities in 2014 was 56.6%.

Murders by District

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Target Neighborhoods are located in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and

7th Districts.

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Murders by NOPD District

2014 2015

• The plurality of murders

occurred in the 7th

District in 2015

compared to 2014 where

they mostly occurred in

the 5th District (27% and

26%, respectively)

• The 7th District saw the

largest increase in

murders compared to

the other Districts in

2014 (+13)

• The 5th and 6th District

each experienced 8 fewer

murders compared to

2014

Murders by Target Neighborhood

• Similar to 2014, more

murders occurred in the

St. Roch Area than other


• The fewest murders

occurred in the Behrman

Area for 2 consecutive

years

• Murders in Little Woods

increased by more than

88% (+8)

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Murders by Target Neighborhood

2014 2015

Murder Trends

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Murders by Type of Location, 2015

Residential Commercial Public Space

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Murder by Type of Location, 2014


• There was no significant

change in where murders

occurred between 2014

and 2015

• The majority of murders

were committed in a

public space (63%)

• Murders occurred the

least in commercial

locations (6%)

• Murders in residential

locations steadily

declined through the 3rd

Quarter in 2015 before a

slight increase in the 4th

Quarter, mirroring a

trend seen in 2014 as

well

Murder TrendsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

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Murder Trends by Location

Commercial Residential Public Space


difference in murder

locations between the

Target and Non-Target

Neighborhoods

• Murder victims were

most likely to be killed in

a public space than any

other location in both

Target and Non-Target

Neighborhoods

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Target Neighborhoods Include: Behrman Area, Central City, Little Woods, and St. Roch Area.

Murder Trends

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Percent of All Murder Victims that Die at the Scene

2014 2015

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Percent of Murder Victims that Died at the Scene with a GSW to the Head

2014 2015

Note: GSW = Gunshot wound

• Murder victims were

more likely to die at the

scene of an incident than

en route to or at a

medical facility (64%)

• The percent of murder

victims that died at the

scene with a GSW to the

head steadily declined

from the 1st Quarter and

finished the year at 22%

in the 4th Quarter

• Three fewer murder

victims died at the scene

with a GSW to the head

compared to 2014

Murder TrendsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

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Murder Trends by Death Site

Died at the Scene Died Enroute to Hospital Died at the Hospital

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• There is no significant

difference in death sites

between the Target and

Non-Target

Neighborhoods

• Only 1 victim died en

route to the hospital; this

incident occurred in a

Non-Target

Neighborhood

Murder Trends

• Fifty-three percent (87)

of all murders in 2015

occurred in 5 zip codes

(33% of the population);

11 zip codes account for

the remaining 47% of

murder victims

• Of the 5 zip codes with

15 or more murders in

2015, 70117 and 70126

decreased under 2014 (-4

and -3, respectively)

• Murders on the weekend

(Friday, Saturday, and

Sunday) slightly declined

under 2014

• Murders during the week

(Monday through

Thursday) increased by

an average of 3.5 murder

victims per day over

2014

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70114 70117 70119 70126 70127 Other ZipCodes

Murders by Zip Code with 15 or More Victims

2014 2015

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Murder Trends by Day of the Week

2014 2015

Murder Trends


difference in the murder

distribution across time

categories between 2015

and 2014

• Murders are more likely

to occur in the evening

between 6PM and 12AM

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12AM - 6AM 6AM - 12PM 12PM - 6PM 6PM - 12AM

Murders by Time Category, 2015


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Murders by Time Category, 2014


Murder Victims’ Demographics

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Murder Victims by Race by Neighborhood, 2015


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Murder Victims, by Gender

2014 Male 2014 Female 2015 Male 2015 Female


• Most murder victims

were African-American

in both Target and Non-


• The proportion of

female murder victims

steadily decreased

throughout 2015 from

22% in the 1st Quarter to

6% in the 4th Quarter

• Although the proportion

of female murder victims

decreased during 2015,

from 22% in Q1 to 6%

in Q4, the total year did

not differ significantly

from the 2014

proportion

Murder Victims’ Demographics

• Two murder victims in

2015 are not included

because their age was

not reported

• In 2015, there were two

murder victims younger

than 10 years old

• Murder victims aged 17

and younger decreased

by 18% under 2014 (-2)

• Murder victims between

18 and 34 decreased by

7% under 2014 (-7)

• There were 21 more

victims over the age of

34 compared to 2014

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2014 2015

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Murder Victims Aged 17 and Younger

2014 2015

Murder Clearance Rate By NOPD District

• The 2015 clearance rate

reported to the FBI is

30.5%, which is

calculated by dividing

the number of murders

cleared in the year

regardless of the year it

occurred by the total

number of murders in

2015

• Forty-eight of 2015

murders were cleared in

the calendar year

(29.6%)

• The 7th District

accounted for the most

murders of all districts

(27%) and 30% of its

cases were cleared (13)

• Sixty percent of the 8th

District’s cases were

cleared (3), the most of

any district

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Note: Murder clearance rate is calculated by dividing the number of

murders cleared by arrest, warrant, and exception by the total number of

murders

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Percent of Murders by NOPD District Showing Cleared and Open Cases

Cleared Murders Open Murders


7th Districts.

Arrested Murder Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

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Arrested Murder Suspects by Race, 2015


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Arrested Murder Suspects by Gender, 2015

Male Female

• There were 67 suspects

arrested for murder in

2015

• Eighty-eight percent (59)

of all arrested murder

suspects were African-

American males

• Over 90% of the

arrested murder suspects

in both the Target and

Non-Target

Neighborhoods were

African-American

• Over 90% of the


in both the Target and

Non-Target

Neighborhoods were

males

Arrested Murder Suspects’ Demographics

• There were 4 more

female arrested murder

suspects in 2015

compared to 2014

• Twenty-five percent of

the arrested murder

suspects in Q4 2015

were female



aged 35 and older

increased by 11

percentage points over

2014

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Arrested Murder Suspects by Age Category, 2015

2014 2015

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Arrested Murder Suspects, by Gender, 2015



Arrested Murder Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

• Arrested murder

suspects in both Target

and Non-Target

Neighborhoods were

more likely to be outside

the NOLA FOR LIFE

target group of African-

American males between

the ages of 16-24

because they were older

than 24 years old

• The average age of an

arrested murder suspect

older than the NOLA

FOR LIFE target group

was 36 years old

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Arrested Murder Suspects, 2015Within or Outside NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group

NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group Outside NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group

Identified Murder Motives

• Murders related to drugs

or resulting from

arguments and

retaliation/feuds all

decreased under 2014 (-

5, -8, and -2 percentage

points respectively)

• In 2015, there was an

increase in murders as a

result of robberies and

domestic related

incidents (+5 and +8

percentage points

respectively)

• The increase in

domestic-related

murders occurred in

early 2015, but was not

sustained throughout the

remainder of the year

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35%

Argument Drug-Related Retaliation-Feud Robbery DomesticRelated

Escape

Identified Murder Motives

2014 (52) 2015 (65)

Identified Murder MotivesBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

• Similar to the citywide

comparison, the plurality

of murder motives

identified in Target

Neighborhoods were

drug related in 2015

• A murder resulting from

a retaliation/feud was

most common in the

Non-Target

Neighborhoods


domestic-related

murders was smaller in


compared to Non-Target

Neighborhoods

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Identified Murder Motives, by Neighborhood (65)

Drug-Related Retaliation-Feud Argument Robbery Domestic Related Escape

Murder Weapons

• More than 90% of all

weapons used in murder

incidents were some

form of firearm

• Three out of four

firearms used in a

murder in 2015 were

handguns

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Handgun Shotgun Assault Rifle Unknown Firearm

Type of Firearms Used

2014 2015

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100%

Firearm Knife Vehicular Beating/Trauma Strangulation Drowning

Types of Murder Weapons

2014 2015

Shooting Trends

Note on shootings: The number of shootings presented in these graphs are

those that are known to NOPD. Shootings that did not strike an individual

are not included.33

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Shooting Victims Citywide (492)2010-14 Avg. 2014 2015

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Shooting Victims in Hot Spots (199)2010-14 Avg. 2014 2015

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Shooting Incidents & Victims

Victims Incidents

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Shooting Victims by District2010-14 Avg. 2014 2015

Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by District

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by NOPD District

2014 2015

• The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, and

8th Districts all

experienced a decline in

non-fatal shooting victims

• Nearly 60% of all non-

fatal shooting victims

were shot in the 5th, 6th,

and 7th Districts

• The 3rd District saw the

greatest decrease under

2014 (-54; -65%)

compared to other

Districts in 2014


7th Districts.

Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Target

Neighborhood• Little Woods was the

only Target

Neighborhood to show a

decline in non-fatal

shooting victims (-40%)

• St. Roch Area

experienced the largest

change over 2014 when

it accounted for only

27% of all the Target

Neighborhoods’ non-

fatal shooting victims to

making up almost 43%

in 2015

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Target Neighborhood

2014 2015


Non-Fatal Shooting Trends

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Non-Fatal Shootings by Type of Location, 2015



change in where non-


were shot from 2014 to

2015

• The majority of non-


were shot in a public

space (66%)

• Similar to 2014, non-


were least likely to be

shot in a commercial

area

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Non-Fatal Shootings by Type of Location, 2014


Non-Fatal Shooting TrendsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

• Non-fatal shooting

victims were most likely

to be shot in a public

space in both Target and

Non-Target

Neighborhoods

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Non-Fatal Shooting Trends by Location

Commercial Residential Public Space

Non-Fatal Shooting Trends

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Non-Fatal Shooting Trends by Day of the Week

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70113 70114 70116 70117 70119 70126 70127 Other ZipCodes

Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Zip Code with 20 or More Victims2014 2015

• Almost 68% (230) of all non-

fatal shooting victims in 2015

were shot in 7 zip codes (39%

of the population); 10 zip

codes account for the

remaining 32% of non-fatal

shooting victims

• Four of the 7 zip codes

decreased under their 2014

respective totals (70116: -17;

70119: -10; 70126: -5; and

70127: -3)

• With the exception of

Sundays, the number of non-

fatal shooting victims did not

differ much among the days

of the week

• With the exception of

Tuesday and Thursdays, the

total number of non-fatal

shooting victims decreased on

every day under 2014

Non-Fatal Shooting Trends• 2015 was similar to 2014

in the distribution of

non-fatal shooting

victims across time

categories


victims are more likely to

be shot in the evening

(6PM-12AM)

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Non-Fatal Shootings by Time Category, 2015


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Non-Fatal Shootings by Time Category, 2014


Non-Fatal Shooting Victims’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Race and Neighborhood


• Most non-fatal shooting

victims were African-

American in both Target

and Non-Target

Neighborhoods

• The majority of non-


were male

• Female non-fatal

shooting victims

averaged about 17% (+3

percentage points over

2014) of victims before

increasing to 24% in the

4th Quarter

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims, by Gender



Non-Fatal Shooting Victims’ Demographics• There were 4 non-fatal

shooting victims younger

than 10 years old

• The total number of

non-fatal shooting

victims younger than 35

years old decreased

under 2014 (-58; -15%)


victims younger than 18

doubled in the 4th

Quarter over the same

quarter in 2014 (+7)

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims by Age Category

2014 2015

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Non-Fatal Shooting Victims Aged 17 and Younger

2014 2015

Non-Fatal Shooting Clearance Rate by

NOPD District• Police jurisdictions do

not report a non-fatal

shooting clearance rate

to the FBI the way they

do for murder. Only

aggravated assaults as a

whole are reported.

Therefore, a shooting

clearance rate akin to the

murder clearance rate is

unavailable.

• Fifty-five (55) of the

2015 non-fatal shooting

incidents were cleared in

the calendar year 2015

(22.2%)

• Sixty-nine (69%) of the

8th District’s cases were

cleared (11); the highest

portion of any district

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0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%


Non-Fatal Shooting by NOPD District Showing Cleared and Open Cases

Cleared Non-Fatal Shootings Open Non-Fatal Shootings


7th Districts.

Note: Non-fatal shooting clearance rate is calculated by dividing the

number of non-fatal shooting incidents cleared by arrest, warrant, and

exception by the total number of non-fatal shootings incidents

Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%


Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Race, 2015


• There were 28 suspects

arrested for a non-fatal

shooting in 2015

• Ninety-six percent (96%)

of all arrested non-fatal

shooting suspects were

African-American (100%

in Non-Target

Neighborhoods)

• Arrested non-fatal

shooting suspects in


were exclusively male

compare to Non-Target

Neighborhoods where

about 20% were female

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%


Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Gender, 2015

Male Female

Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects’ Demographics


difference in the

proportion of arrested

female non-fatal


2015 compared to 2014


arrested non-fatal

shooting suspects aged

24 and younger

decreased by 16

percentage points under

2014

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

0-9 10-17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45+

Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Age Category

2014 2015

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1st Quarter 2ndQuarter

3rd Quarter 4th Quarter

Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects by Gender



Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects’ DemographicsBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

• Sixty-five percent of

arrested non-fatal

shooting suspects did

not fit the NOLA FOR

LIFE target group of

African-American males

aged 16-24

• Arrested non-fatal


both Target and Non-


were more likely to be

outside the NOLA FOR

LIFE target group

because they were older

than 24 years old

• The average age of an

arrested non-fatal

shooting suspect older

than the NOLA FOR

LIFE target group was

30 years old

45

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


Arrested Non-Fatal Shooting Suspects, 2015Within or Outside NOLA FOR LIFE Target

Group

NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group Outside NOLA FOR LIFE Target Group

Identified Non-Fatal Shooting Motives


victims who where shot

as a result of an

argument or domestic

related incident

decreased under 2014 (-

35 and -17 percentage

points respectively)


victims shot as a result

of retaliations or feuds,

robberies, and general

disturbances and fights

have shown large

increases over 2014

(+26, +11, and +11

percentage points

respectively)

46

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Identified Non-Fatal Shooting Motives

2014 (85) 2015 (76)

Identified Non-Fatal Shooting MotivesBy Target Neighborhoods, Non-Target Neighborhoods, and Citywide, 2015

• Thirty percent (30%) of

all identified motives for

non-fatal shooting

victims were the result

of a retaliation or feud

• The plurality of non-fatal

shooting victims in


were shot as a result of a

retaliation or feud

• The plurality of non-fatal

shooting victims in Non-


were equally likely to be

shot for drug

involvement or while

being robbed

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0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%


Identified Non-Fatal Shooting Motives, by Neighborhood (76)

Argument Burglary Domestic Dispute Drug-Related

Retaliation-Feud Robbery Disturbance/Fight

Non-Fatal Shooting Weapons

• Similar to 2014,

handguns were the most

commonly used firearm

in non-fatal shootings

• The use of assault rifles

increased 2 percentage

points over 2014

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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Handgun Assault Rifle Shotgun Unknown Firearm

Type of Firearms Used

2014 2015

Contact InformationFor Additional Questions and Comments

For further information about future activities and reports, please contact:

Sarah Schirmer

Criminal Justice Policy Advisor


Office of Mayor Mitch Landrieu

1300 Perdido St.

Suite 8W03

New Orleans, LA 70112

[email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]

APPENDIX

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NOPD Districts

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D7

D4

D3

D5

D2

D6

D1

D8

NOLA FOR LIFE Target Area:

Behrman Area

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Central City

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Little Woods

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St. Roch Area

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