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Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:32 am to cypresstiger
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Since Katrina, decline
Before Katrina, I rarely got approached for money at convenience stores, gas stations, and supermarkets. It happened, but more of a twice-a-year type of thing. After Katrina, it was pretty much expected every time you went places.
Also, it seems there is 10x more homeless now than in the late 90's.
In the 90's they would smash your window to steal your stereo. It happened, but wasn't that common, typically came in waves. Today, they lift door handles and only search unlocked cars.This happens every night.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:32 am to BabyTac
Safer? Depends on how you look at it. We were off Letitia nearby St Joseph. Never felt unsafe, but I wouldn’t let the little ones just go around freely like Country Club of LA or U Club. We’d occasionally get sketchy people “roaming around” and checking car doors and petty theft and whatnot at night. I never felt unsafe, but I also was constantly checking to make sure I locked the doors, kept the garage shut, locked the hatch on the gates, lock the cars and such. I was anal about it.
Finally got tired of that and really the size and age of our home so we recently moved and bought a new build in Long Farm. One of the better decisions made. Wish we would have made the decision sooner.
Finally got tired of that and really the size and age of our home so we recently moved and bought a new build in Long Farm. One of the better decisions made. Wish we would have made the decision sooner.
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 7:36 am
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:37 am to Falco
Based on the news, you'd think not, but crime is reported way more often now than in other decades. There was definitely a downward trend since Katrina. Like with most crime in urban areas, it tends to be in select zip codes that account for the bulk of it.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:43 am to Falco
80's through present got progressively worse. Malls are one indicator where you could walk around Bon Marche/Cortana compared to the crime that's gone on at the Mall of LA.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:50 am to Falco
I’ve been living in BR all my life and I’m 70 years old. Definitely not safer. I don’t see how anyone could possibly think this.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:51 am to Falco
Perhaps you could just try looking at the murder count?
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:59 am to Falco
I don’t think any area of BR has successfully gentrified (reversed from being a shithole to a safe, productive region).
But I can think of many areas of BR that have been successfully surrendered to a relentless shithole culture.
There are areas of town where a stubborn, lifelong population of BR enthusiasts remain, but they appear to be doomed to the same fate as the Alamo (to include the motel). Nobody is coming to rescue them. Leaving when you have a chance is the better financial and quality of life choice.
But I can think of many areas of BR that have been successfully surrendered to a relentless shithole culture.
There are areas of town where a stubborn, lifelong population of BR enthusiasts remain, but they appear to be doomed to the same fate as the Alamo (to include the motel). Nobody is coming to rescue them. Leaving when you have a chance is the better financial and quality of life choice.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:06 am to cypresstiger
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Since Katrina, decline
So odd. I wonder what one factor after Katrina to caused BR to go to shite.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:19 am to Falco
Honest take — although murder rate I think is technically up from decades past, a lot of traditionally dangerous areas from the past are safer now than they used to be. Old South Baton Rouge, Valley Park, Gardere, etc. Not that they’ve become areas you really want to be, but the years of hearing about them on the news every day are gone.
That said, crime has spread out a bit. You’ll hear about a thing on Sherwood or O’Neal. Or even out in the burbs. That would have been crazy in the 90s, but not today.
It still doesn’t feel like a dangerous city to me. There isn’t a lot of random or opportunistic crime here compared to a larger city. Like in Nola it feels really common for random people to get targeted. I don’t see that very often in BR. When it does happen, it’s like the news of the year. Kiran Chawla will make a whole podcast about it. In Nola the same crime would be old news within a week or so.
You used to have to watch the news or read the paper regularly to know about these things. Now everybody sees things on social media all day and perceives it to be so much different than in the past when they never heard about these things.
That said, crime has spread out a bit. You’ll hear about a thing on Sherwood or O’Neal. Or even out in the burbs. That would have been crazy in the 90s, but not today.
It still doesn’t feel like a dangerous city to me. There isn’t a lot of random or opportunistic crime here compared to a larger city. Like in Nola it feels really common for random people to get targeted. I don’t see that very often in BR. When it does happen, it’s like the news of the year. Kiran Chawla will make a whole podcast about it. In Nola the same crime would be old news within a week or so.
You used to have to watch the news or read the paper regularly to know about these things. Now everybody sees things on social media all day and perceives it to be so much different than in the past when they never heard about these things.
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 8:26 am
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:28 am to Trout Bandit
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This is the issue. There are a lot more places you have to avoid compared to when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s.
Exactly. Not sure why this is complicated. There are shootings at Mall of La now. Unheard of in the 90s. And now tiger land is ghetto
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 8:30 am
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:30 am to GreenRockTiger
where do you live?
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:34 am to Falco
the cancer has spread like wildfire to once great hoods in the 80s, 90s, like sherwood, etc
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:35 am to biglego
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I’m waiting for some contrarians to tell us BR is safer than ever bc of muh crime stats. Don’t believe your lying eyes
oh so we should just rely on feelings and shite?
yea your eyes arent affected by emotion from being constantly hammered with bad news on social media & 24 hour news cycle either right?
some of yall are dumb as frick man
OP to answer your question...depends on how you want to look at it. Number of murders are up compared to 1980-1998 but the actual murder rate is down. Same holds true for violent crime rate
the difference in today is social media. people are going to claim the crime is more spread out....thats not really what the data shows, its just those incidents that are in the better areas are really highlighted.
example....1980..78% of murders where in north BR.
90 & 91(peak crack era)- murder in south BR was almost non existent. over 50% of the murders were in 2 zip codes Scotlandville (70807) & Eden Park (70806)
2021- 149 murders....but only 15 in south BR and 75%+ were domestic disputes. If you lived outside of 70816,70805,70802 then you hardly saw anything. Midcity/north(70805) had 25 murders alone.
only thing in the south was in 2020 you had a flare up around Gardere which is mainly gone now. and then in tigerland in the section 8 stuff you had a flare up
Now its mainly in the Zion City Area and the mirrage village aparts along Florida BLVD.
in the 90s it was the bottoms, Scotlandville- especially around southern, 72nd ave & old scenic hwy and you had the Eden & valley park areas especially around Gustavia st in eden park.
all you have to do is pull the damn data and look at it. if you are not smart enough ask AI to break it down for you.
stop relying on feelings and shite
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:36 am to VoodooGlowSkull
Yea, i think the biggest change is the ghetto has spread into a lot of the middle end and lower middle neighborhoods. This has forced those people to move to denham, prairieville, zachary, etc. Which dilutes the overall amount of respectable people in town.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:37 am to Falco
Well, Baton Rouge is certainly a shithole now.
Really, it was probably already a shithole 40 years ago, but the old nostalgic people on the board like to deny how shitty it already was.
Really, it was probably already a shithole 40 years ago, but the old nostalgic people on the board like to deny how shitty it already was.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:38 am to Magnus
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the cancer has spread like wildfire to once great hoods in the 80s, 90s, like sherwood, etc
What did people expect would happen when they all moved to Prairieville (or Texas) instead of replacing the old people in those once great hoods? It wasn’t just going to stay preserved in Amber.
ETA a lot of those people who lived in Sherwood watched as North BR where they grew up went to shite. Same cycle all over again. When the contributing members of society die or move on to new horizons, something else has to fill the vacuum.
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 8:45 am
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:39 am to WinnPtiger
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my favorite part is older generations telling us we shouldn’t care about crime because they tolerated more of it
ftr im not saying that and im not even old.
frick that the city should tear down all the run down shite in tigerland, around gardere and enforce the frick out of everything.
especially need to enforce homelessness laws
1st offense violent crime should be a long arse sentence mandatory of 10+ years. 2nd...20+. any type of gun crime, especially involving drugs, car jacking, robbery etc should be 25 the first god damn time
you could literally remove 2-3% of the population and reduce crime by 75%
same goes for new orleans
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:40 am to lsu777
Don't forget Mall City (the streets named after famous artists).
For a couple of years it was a crime hot zone.
For a couple of years it was a crime hot zone.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 8:53 am to Falco
Hell no, it's not safer. I came here in 1987 from NO area, I was excited to get away from the crime and traffic, I think I must have brought it with me. My house has been robber twice and my business twice also. A brother tried to steal my phone from me in the Whole Foods parking lot, a friend was murdered in his office, another while opening his store.
The Coursey/Sherwood area used to be safe, now there are pawn shops, plasma buyers, wig shops, smoke shops, tattoo parlors everywhere. Those are the harbingers of crime. Katrina brought the worst of 504 into 225.
That doesn't even count chemical plants exploding, toxic fumes, increasing power outages.
The Coursey/Sherwood area used to be safe, now there are pawn shops, plasma buyers, wig shops, smoke shops, tattoo parlors everywhere. Those are the harbingers of crime. Katrina brought the worst of 504 into 225.
That doesn't even count chemical plants exploding, toxic fumes, increasing power outages.
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