Louisiana Has Made the Top Ten on the Homicide List

In the state of Louisiana, there has not been a lack of deadly shootings in the last several years, and those numbers have led to a not-so-flattering rating for our state according to BRProud.

Zinda Law Group has been analyzing data from all fifty states about the number of homicides per 100,000 people and Louisiana almost tops the list, but is just shy of the number designation, as our ranking is the second spot.

Even thought the numbers are terrible, Mississippi has slightly higher numbers to take the top spot. In the state of Louisiana, there were 19.8 homicides per 100,000, and MIssissippi's number was a bit higher at 20.7 per 100,000.

According to the authors of the study, they looked at numbers and a multitude of factors to come to the conclusions on which states made the top ten list and they are as follows:

1.  Mississippi

2.  Louisiana

3.  Alabama

4.  New Mexico

5.  Missouri

6.  Arkansas and South Carolina

7.  Maryland

8.  Georgia

9.  Tennessee

10.  Illinois

In another report from June, the website MoneyInc. published the article The 10 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in America earlier this month, and the City of New Orleans is not only on the list but is within the top five.

Consider this, in New Orleans, one of the roughest neighborhoods is Pines Village. According to the website, the residents there are subject to a high rate of violence. "The number of violent crimes is 591% higher than the national average," MoneyInc. reports.

The statistics for Pines Village neighborhood in New Orleans are shocking:

4. Pines Village, New Orleans

• State: Louisiana
• Population: 4,140
• Total crime rate: 9,900 per 100,000 people
• Violent crime rate: 2,600 per 100,000 people
• Property crime rate: 7,400 per 100,000 people

Officials in the city say they are working on reforms, and they add they have some reduction in crime across the city of New Orleans according to an article on nola.com.