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According to New Orleans Police Department, gang related homicides spiked in 2007, which drove the city's homicide rate to a record high. [2] Some of the most vicious cliques, like the Dooney Boys and the 9th ward G-Strip Gang, moved to other cities and clashed with each other in violent gun battles.
The Lower Ninth Ward is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.As the name implies, it is part of the 9th Ward of New Orleans.The Lower Ninth Ward is often thought of as the entire area within New Orleans downriver of the Industrial Canal; however, the City Planning Commission divides this area into the Lower Ninth Ward and Holy Cross neighborhoods.
Dr. King Charter School (K-12) is located in the Lower Ninth Ward; [8] Carver High School is located in the Ninth Ward. [9] Alfred Lawless High School was the only public high school that operated in the Lower 9th until Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The previous Holy Cross High School campus was located in the Lower Ninth Ward. In August ...
New Orleans, which was dubbed America's murder capital just two years ago during a post-COVID crime spike, has recorded a decrease in homicides by about 50% since 2022, including a 71% drop in ...
"The lower ninth ward is the only part of New Orleans where you still will see Katrina." Burnell Cotlon is a lifelong resident of the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans and he's become somewhat of a ...
The murder rate in Baton Rouge for 2011 was the 8th highest in the nation among large cities at 27.6 per 100,000. [8] [9] Baton Rouge also had the 25th highest violent crime rate in the U.S. in 2011 with a rate of 1,065.7 violent crimes per 100,000, surpassing New Orleans at 792 per 100,000. [10]
Gert Town crime rates are 327% higher than the national average, and violent crime rates are 395% higher than the national average. Residents of the area have a one-in-10 chance of becoming a victim of crime. Gert Town is safer than 7% of the cities in Louisiana. [25]
Pages in category "Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans" ... Lower Ninth Ward; C. Claiborne Avenue; Claiborne Avenue Bridge; F. Florida Canal; H. Holy Cross School (New ...