New Orleans Becomes Murder Capital of US, Homicides up Nearly 50 Percent

A man comforts a young woman wearing a graduation gown within the crime scene of a shooting at Xavier University in New Orleans, on May 31, 2022. Gerald Herbert/AP Photo

New Orleans is now the murder capital of the United States, according to newly published data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC).

Homicides are up by 46 percent year over year, up 78 percent since 2020, and up 141 percent since 2019 according to data from MCC, which tracks crime rates and aims to reduce them as well as expose corruption.