Crime in Louisiana 2015
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Release Date May 1, 2017 CRIME IN LOUISIANA 2015 Prepared by: The Louisiana Statistical Analysis Center The Louisiana Uniform Crime Reporting Program A joint project of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice and The Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association 0 [Intentionally left blank] Letter to the Governor [Intentionally left blank] Crime in Louisiana 2015 LOUISIANA SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION LOUISIANA COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT LOUISIANA INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1175 NICHOLSON DRIVE P O BOX 3133 (602 NORTH 5th Street) BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70802 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70821 OFFICE (225) 343-8402 | FAX (225) 336-0343 OFFICE (225) 342-1500 | FAX (225) 342-1824 I Louisiana Uniform Crime Reporting Program Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux, III President Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux, III Chairman Honorable James “Jay” Lemoine Vice Chairman This public document was published at $xx cost. This document was published by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement Statistical Analysis Center, to inform the public of the number of offenses and arrests made in Louisiana under authority of Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 15:1204.2. II TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 1 Synopsis of Uniform Crime Reporting Program.............................................................1 1.1 State Summary and Offenses Analysis .................................................................................8 1.2 MSA, Parish, & City Offense Analysis ..............................................................................21 1.3 Police Employee Data .........................................................................................................34 1.4 Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed, Accidently Killed, & Assaulted ..............39 1.5 State, Tribal, & Other Agencies Data .................................................................................43 1.6 University & College Data..................................................................................................45 Part 2 Synopsis of Incident Based Reporting ............................................................................48 2.1 LIBRS Cities .......................................................................................................................51 2.2 LIBRS Universities & Colleges ..........................................................................................57 2.3 LIBRS Metropolitan Parishes .............................................................................................60 2.4 LIBRS Nonmetropolitan Parishes.......................................................................................65 Part 3 Hate Crime Statistics ........................................................................................................67 Appendix A – Definition of Terms .............................................................................................72 Appendix B – Data Characteristics & Known Limitations .....................................................82 Appendix C – Computational Formulas ....................................................................................86 Appendix D – Additional Information on Crime Reporting Programs..................................87 Appendix E – Louisiana Uniform Crime Reporting Program Contact Information ............89 III TABLES & CHARTS Part 1 Synopsis of Uniform Crime Reporting Program.............................................................1 Agencies Reporting ..........................................................................................................................3 Population of Louisiana ...................................................................................................................6 Violent Crime.................................................................................................................................10 Non-violent Crime .........................................................................................................................14 Individual Index Crime Offense Data – Murder & Non-negligent Homicide ...............................18 Individual Index Crime Offense Data - Robbery ...........................................................................19 Individual Index Crime Offense Data – Aggravated Assault ........................................................20 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by MSA..................................................................23 Crime Rates of Part 1 Offenses by MSA .......................................................................................24 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by MSA Principal Cities ........................................25 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by Metropolitan Parishes .......................................26 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by Non-Metropolitan Parishes ...............................27 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Parishes ..28 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City ...................................................................28 Full-Time Law Enforcement Employees by City ..........................................................................35 Full-Time Law Enforcement Employees by Metropolitan Parishes..............................................36 Full-Time Law Enforcement Employees by Non-Metropolitan Parishes .....................................37 Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed ..............................................................................40 Law Enforcement Officers Accidently Killed ...............................................................................41 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted ...........................................................................................42 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by Tribal, State, and Other Agencies .....................44 Full-Time Law Enforcement Employees by State, Tribal, and Other Agencies ...........................44 Part 1 Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by University and College .....................................46 Full-Time Law Enforcement Employees by Universities and Colleges ........................................47 Part 2 Synopsis of Incident Based Reporting ............................................................................48 Offenses by City ............................................................................................................................52 Offenses by Universities and Colleges ..........................................................................................58 Offenses by Metropolitan Parishes ................................................................................................61 Offenses by Nonmetropolitan Parishes ..........................................................................................66 Part 3 Hate Crime Statistics ........................................................................................................67 Hate Crime Summary ....................................................................................................................70 Number of Incidents Per Bias Motivation .....................................................................................70 IV Part 1 Synopsis of Uniform Crime Reporting Program CRIME IN LOUISIANA │ 1 Crime in Louisiana – The Publication This publication of Crime in Louisiana is to provide the reader with the most current certified information available regarding the number of offenses reported and arrests by Louisiana law enforcement agencies. The information is designed to increase public awareness and understanding of such issues that impact the law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in Louisiana. Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program The FBI’s UCR Program is a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort of more than 18,000 city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their attention. Since 1930, the FBI has administered the UCR Program and has continued to assess and monitor the nature and type of crime in the nation. The program’s primary objective is to generate reliable information for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management; over the years, however, the data have become one of the country’s leading social indicators. Criminologists, sociologists, legislators, municipal planners, the media, and other students of criminal justice use the data for varied research and planning purposes. Currently, the UCR Program is comprised of four subprograms: the SRS, NIBRS, the LEOKA Program, and the Hate Crime Statistics Program. In 2015, law enforcement agencies active in the UCR Program represented nearly 314 million United States inhabitants (97.7 percent of the total population). The coverage amounted to 98.6 percent of the population in Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 91.6 percent of the population in cities outside metropolitan areas, and 92.6 percent of the population in nonmetropolitan counties. To provide a picture of the changes in crime across the country and to provide useful data to police agencies, it was incumbent to limit the statistics to be gathered. Recognizing the problem, among others, of coping with volume, only those criminal