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.
An analysis by Fox News of data from the commission shows that there have been 52 homicides per 100,000 residents as of Sept. 11, meaning the city has overtaken St. Louis as the murder capital.
However, a separate analysis by The Wall Street Journal of data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA), a professional organization of police executives, pegs that number at 41 murders per 100,000 people….