New Orleans Police Reports With Victim And Offender Demographics

Electronic Police Reports document incidents handled by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), including details on charges, dispositions, and demographic information for both victims and offenders. The dataset is published by the NOPD on multiple government data platforms for transparency. It is updated regularly, with the most recent platform update noted as April 5, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal crime trends using the `Occurred_Date_Time` and `Signal_Description` columns.
• Investigating demographic disparities in victimization and offending by cross-referencing `Victim_Race`, `Victim_Gender`, `Victim_Age`, `Offender_Race`, `Offender_Gender`, and `Offender_Age`.
• Mapping approximate incident locations by police `District` and block-level `Location` for spatial analysis of crime.
• Studying case outcomes and police classifications via the `Disposition`, `Charge_Description`, and `Hate Crime` fields.
• Tracking multi-victim or multi-offender incidents using the `Victim_Number` and `Offender_Number` identifiers.

Strengths

• Contains detailed demographic fields for both victims and offenders, enabling intersectional analysis.
• Includes a `Hate Crime` flag for identifying bias-motivated incidents.
• Regular updates are maintained, with a documented platform update as recent as April 2026.

Limitations

• Addresses are generalized to the block level to protect victim privacy, limiting precise geospatial analysis.
• The NOPD disclaimer explicitly notes data quality issues, such as negative ages due to data entry errors.
• Conflicts exist in the reported last updated dates across platforms (March 31, 2026 vs. April 5, 2026).

Provenance

Source

New Orleans Police Department (NOPD)

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2024 (implied by title 'Electronic Police Report 2024'), though specific start date is unknown.

Freshness

2026-04-05 04:46:58.774281

Geography

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.