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1st Quarter 2009 Compared with 1st Quarter 2008     
Citywide Totals

    1st Quarter   1st Quarter   %
Offense   2008   2009   Change
Murder*   43   41   -4.65%
Rape**   26   30   15.38%
Arm. Robbery 278   167   -39.93%
Sim. Robbery 53   47   -11.32%
Assault   500   361   -27.80%
Subtotal   900   646   -28.22%
Burglary   1052   780   -25.86%
Theft   1677   1496   -10.79%
Auto Theft   791   674   -14.79%
Subtotal   3520   2950   -16.19%
Total Index Crimes 4420   3596   -18.64%

*Murder Totals provided by Homicide Unit      
**Rape Totals do not include male victim nor oral sexual battery cases 

 2nd Quarter 2009 compared to 2008
Citywide Totals
    2nd  Quarter   2nd Quarter   %
Offense   2008   2009   Change
Murder*   51   56   9.80%
Rape**   14   24   71.43%
Arm. Robbery 206   207   0.49%
Sim. Robbery 51   64   25.49%
Assault   384   406   5.73%
PersonCrimeTotal   706   757   7.22%
Burglary   1307   1053   -19.43%
Theft   1926   1785   -7.32%
Auto Theft   888   739   -16.78%
PropertyCrimeTotal   4121   3577   -13.20%
Total Index Crimes 4827   4334   -10.21%

*Murder Totals provided by Homicide Unit      
**2009 Rape Totals Provided by Sex Crimes Unit
** Rape statistics do not include male victim nor oral sexual battery cases   
 
January thru March 2009 Compared With January thru March 2008                 
Per Capita Citywide Totals 

    Jan - Mar 08 Jan - Mar 09 %
    Per-Capita 1 Per-Capita 2 Per-Capita
Offense   (per 100,000 residents) (per 100,000 residents) Change
Murder*   13.3 12.2 -7.95%
Rape**   8.0 9.0 11.39%
Arm. Robbery 86.0 49.9 -42.01%
Sim. Robbery 16.4 14.0 -14.39%
Assault   154.7 107.8 -30.30%
Subtotal   278.4 192.9 -30.71%
Burglary   325.4 232.9 -28.42%
Theft   518.7 446.7 -13.88%
Auto Theft   244.7 201.3 -17.74%
Subtotal   1088.8 880.9 -19.09%
Total Index Crimes 1367 1074 -21.46%

*     Murder Totals provided by Homicide Unit               
**   Rape Totals do not include male victim nor oral sexual battery cases               
               
1  Based on an average pop of 323,302 for the 1st Qtr of 2008.  Based on population indicators published by:                
       The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, their website is located at: www.gnocdc.org               
               
2   Based on an average pop of 334,891 for the 1st Qtr of  2009.   Based on population indicators published by:                
        The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, their website is located at: www.gnocdc.org               

January 2009 thru June 2009 compared with January thru June 2008
Citywide Totals
    Jan - Jun   Jan - Jun   %
Offense   2008   2009   Change
Murder*   94   97   3.19%
Rape**   40   54   35.00%
Arm. Robbery 484   374   -22.73%
Sim. Robbery 104   111   6.73%
Assault   884   767   -13.24%
Person Crime Total 1606   1403   -12.64%
Burglary   2359   1833   -22.30%
Theft   3603   3281   -8.94%
Auto Theft   1679   1413   -15.84%
Property Crime Total 7641   6527   -14.58%
Total Index Crimes 9247   7930   -14.24%
*Murder Totals Provided by Homicide Unit      
**2009 Rape Totals Provided by Sex Crimes Unit       
**Rape statistics do not include male victim nor oral sexual battery cases      

January thru June 2009 compared with January thru June 2008
Per Capita Totals
    Jan - Jun 08 Jan - Jun 09 %
    Per-Capita 1 Per-Capita 2 Per-Capita
Offense   (per 100,000 residents) (per 100,000 residents) Change
Murder*   29.0 28.5 -1.53%
Rape**   12.3 15.9 28.83%
Arm. Robbery 149.2 110.0 -26.26%
Sim. Robbery 32.1 32.7 1.85%
Assault   272.5 225.7 -17.20%
Subtotal   495.1 412.8 -16.64%
Burglary   727.3 539.3 -25.85%
Theft   1110.8 965.3 -13.10%
Auto Theft   517.6 415.7 -19.69%
Subtotal   2355.7 1920.3 -18.49%
Total Index Crimes 2851 2333 -18.16%
*     Murder Totals provided by Homicide Unit                 
**   Rape Totals do not include male victim nor oral sexual battery cases                      
1  Based on an average pop of 324,357 for the 1st 6 Months of 2008.  Based on population indicators published by:                  
       The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, their website is located at: www.gnocdc.org                 
                 
2   Based on an average pop of 339,903 for the 1st 6 Months of  2009.   Based on population indicators published by:                  
        The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, their website is located at: www.gnocdc.org     
            
April thru June 2009 Compared With April thru June 2008                 
Per Capita Citywide Totals 
   

Apr - Jun 08

Apr - Jun 09

%
    Per-Capita 1 Per-Capita 2 Per-Capita
Offense   (per 100,000 residents) (per 100,000 residents) Change
Murder*  

15.7

16.2

3.60%

Rape**  

4.3

7.0

61.74%

Arm. Robbery

63.3

60.0

-5.20%

Sim. Robbery

15.7

18.6

18.39%

Assault  

118.0

117.7

-0.25%

Subtotal  

217.0

219.5

1.16%

Burglary  

401.6

305.3

-23.99%

Theft  

591.9

517.5

-12.56%

Auto Theft  

272.9

214.3

-21.48%

Subtotal  

1266.4

1037.1

-18.11%

Total Index Crimes

1483

1257

-15.29%

*     Murder Totals provided by Homicide Unit                 
**   Rape Totals do not include male victim nor oral sexual battery cases    
                  
1  Based on an average pop of 325,412 for the 2 nd Qtr of 2008.  Based on population indicators published by:                  
       The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, their website is located at: www.gnocdc.org                 
                 
2   Based on an average pop of 344,915 for the 2 nd Qtr of  2009.   Based on population indicators published by:                  
        The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, their website is located at: www.gnocdc.org    

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