FBI crime report shows increase in violent crimes, murders since 2019

The release of the FBI Uniformed Crime Report for 2022 provides a comprehensive view of the crime trends in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, and West Monroe that shows a general reduction in crime, especially homicide areas outside of the City of Monroe, but crime and its rate of clearance inside the city of Monroe has skyrocketed to alarming levels.

The FBI reports data for every agency in the nation on its website FBI.gov and analyzes the “reported” crimes in every sector of the nation.

Monroe’s troubling crime problem will be highlighted in…

 

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