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New Orleans is the location of numerous Mardi Gras celebrations, the French Quarter and Bourbon Street ; ground zero to the hurricane Katrina destruction, the Ninth Ward, and the recent BP oil spill ; home to beignets , numerous spicy and delicious creole recipes , spontaneous street bands, rap superstar Lil Wayne and 2009 Super Bowl Champs New Orleans Saints ( WHO DAT!? )--the list could go on--and the city is now the newest updated map on SpotCrime ! Checking out the SpotCrime NOLA map and local WWL-TV , you'll find that this city is home to their fair share of violence as well. On the main c rime page of WWL-TV , deaths by shootings are included in numerous headlines. It may be settling to read that New Orleans crimes reported to the police department since 2009 have fallen 9% however, it's even more unsettling to learn that the murder rate is at a standstill. At least its not on the rise, but when compared to other US cities across the FBI UCR , New Orleans ranks #1

The map above shows shootings in New Orleans for the month of November. New Orleans was recently ranked #1 by CQ Press for the Most Dangerous Cities in America.  You can view this map and others by clicking on this link:  http://www.spotcrime.com/crimelist/2593821,%202599825,%202599826,%202586893,%202599865,%202599827,%202599827,%202599858,%202599924,%202472211,%202445938,%202412593,%202401192,%202388594,%202430277,%202366220,%202381476,%202357009

The crime map below shows the shootings in New Orleans that SpotCrime has collected since January of this year. Data comes from the NOLA Police Department and various news sources in New Orleans including the Times Picayune. Here is a link to the SpotCrime New Orleans Crime Map SpotCrime produces crime maps as close to real time as possible by collecting data from various verifiable sources.

These crime maps are of the shootings that took place in New Orleans from January through September of this year. Spotcrime has 57 reported. Shootings: To see this crime map on Spotcrime's website, go to: http://www.spotcrime.com/la/new%20orleans .

Note: shooting data availability is limited in New Orleans. With what SpotCrime has been able to access, we created this shootings map of New Orleans using a Jan to June 2008 date range.