(NEW ORLEANS) -- Homicide and shooting rates are down to the lowest level in decades, and the city is on pace to have the lowest number of murders since 1971 at the end of the year.
That finding and more are available in a new report published by New Orleans Advocate journalist Ramon Antonio Vargas.
While Orleans Parish crime rates are still among the highest in the country, and thefts and auto burglary have seen an increase from 2017 to 2018, most crime categories in New Orleans have dropped this year.
It's a victory for public officials in the city, who credit the low rates to crime cameras and The Tatical Intelligence Gathering and Enforcement Response (TIGER) team.