New Orleans Police Reports with Victim and Offender Demographics

Police reports filed by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) contain detailed incident records. The dataset includes demographics for victims and offenders, such as age, gender, and race, alongside incident details like location, disposition, and charges. It is published by data.nola.gov for transparency and is updated regularly.

Use Cases

• Analyzing crime trends over time using the 'Occurred_Date_Time' column.
• Studying demographic disparities in victimization or offending using 'Victim_Race', 'Victim_Age', 'Offender_Race', and 'Offender_Age' columns.
• Mapping crime incidents at the block level for spatial analysis using the 'Location' and 'District' columns.
• Investigating case outcomes and clearance rates using the 'Disposition' and 'Report Type' columns.
• Identifying hate crime incidents via the 'Hate Crime' flag.

Strengths

• Contains detailed demographic attributes for both victims and offenders across multiple columns.
• Regularly updated, with a last recorded update in April 2026.
• Includes a flag for hate crime classification.

Limitations

• Addresses are generalized to the block level to protect privacy, limiting precise geolocation.
• Contains acknowledged data entry errors, such as negative age values.
• Conflicting last update dates exist between sources (2026-04-05 vs 2026-03-31).

Provenance

Source

New Orleans Police Department (NOPD)

Collection Method

Official police reports filed by NOPD officers, published as-is from source systems.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-04-05 04:46:38.453503

Geography

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA