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The South > Louisiana > Crime

LOUISIANAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aggravated assault 22,098 [13th of 51]
Arson deaths 1.07 [26th of 49]
Burglary 44,986 [15th of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder; aggravated rape of victim under age 13; treason (La. R.S. 14:30, 14:42, and 14:113).
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 54 [8th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 20 [5th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 1 [24th of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 7 [17th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 27 [11th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 160 [12th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 86 [11th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 31 [14th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 19.5 [3rd of 51]
Forcible rape 1,562 [22nd of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 79.5 [1st of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 7.9 [49th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 12.6 [50th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 574 [9th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 2 [6th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 2 [42nd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 14 [35th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 2 [40th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 2 [45th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 22 [41st of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 450 [12th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 3% [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 29.8% [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 33.3% [3rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 21.3% [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 6.8% [43rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 2.5% [45th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 2.8% [40th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 10.8% [8th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 67.7% [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.3% [26th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 1.3% [24th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 78.7% [1st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 1.5% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 19% [49th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 22.8 % [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 77 % [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 77.5 % [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 8.3 % [43rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 14.2 % [45th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 6.8% [46th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 12.3% [49th of 49]
Larceny-theft 110,613 [24th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 335 [4th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 74.056 per 1 million people [3rd of 44]
Lynchings > Total 391 [4th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 86.435 per 1 million people [4th of 44]
Lynchings > White 56 [7th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 12.379 per 1 million people [14th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 15,640 [22nd of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 530 [12th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 36,939 [10th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 8.166 per 1,000 people [2nd of 50]
Property crime total 171,239 [21st of 51]
Robbery 5,729 [23rd of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 17,469 [1st of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 3,861.723 per 1 million people [1st of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 2,921 [9th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 64.572 per 100,000 people [13th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 150 [11th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.332 per 10,000 people [4th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 0 [48th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [48th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 2 [40th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.442 per 1 million people [42nd of 50]
Stop and Identify statutes > States with "Stop and Identify" statutes
La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann., Art. 215.1(A)
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 3 [18th of 40]
Violent crime 29,919 [17th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 2,386 [9th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 52.745 per 100,000 people [7th of 50]

SOURCES: Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes ; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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