(The Center Square) — The Shreveport Police Department released its year-to-date felony crime report at Monday’s administrative conference meeting, reporting an overall decline in crime yearly since 2021.
Reported crime has been trending lower over the past few months in Shreveport. Year-to-date felony crimes compare 2024 to 2025. Sex crime cases are at 101 right now compared to 114 this time last year. For vehicle thefts, this time last year, reported crime showed 315, and this year cases are 234.
Robberies were lower, with this time last year being 27 cases and 14 this year. Non-vehicle burglary cases, which are theft of some sort of vehicle accessory, according to the department, are 293 cases this year, while this time last year, the department had 406. The last reported felony crime stat was vehicle burglary. This time last year, there were 285 cases, with 226 cases as of now.
“We don’t want to disrespect any of the members of our community that have lost loved ones and have been victims of crimes. No matter what the crime is, it’s a traumatic experience, so we just want to show that respect,” the Shreveport Police Department said.
The department shared year-to-date shooting statistics with yearly comparisons dating back to 2021. This year there have been 53, 2024 reported 66, 2023 reported 93, 2022 reported 79, and 2021 reported 102. These reports show a significant decrease overall in shootings since 2021 by nearly half this year.
Year-to-date shots fired calls from 2021 to now show a steady decline overall. 2025 reported 490, 2024 reported 709, 2023 reported 766, 2022 reported 990, and 2021 reported 1161.
The homicide report showed 10 year-to-date, with the department noting that seven of those homicide cases are closed. This time last year, there were 16 homicides. In 2023, there were 24 year-to-date, 15 in 2022, and 23 in 2021.
“We have no doubt the three opening remaining cases will be closed soon,” the department said.
Other news shared includes two DWI checkpoints on Tuesday and Wednesday and the department shared response times compared to the national averages.
Priority one call response times are below the national average, around six to seven minutes, with the national average showing a little over eight minutes. Priority one calls are the highest priority, including life-threatening injuries. Both priority two and three calls are below the national average as well.
Staffing issues are reportedly a problem in the department. The Shreveport Police Department is implementing new technology, and the cameras already in place around the city to help with crime reporting.
