2009 has ended but not without setting a record for murders in Baton Rouge. We had 75 homicides in 2009 in Baton Rouge . That is up 12% over 2008′s figure of 67 murders. This figure represents the number of murders in the city limits of Baton Rouge, not the entire metropolitan area of East Baton Rouge Parish. The 2009 murder rate represents the highest number of murders in 10 years. The previous high since 1999 was 72 in 2007 and the lowest was 41 in 2003. Here are the figures for the last decade:
2009 - 75
2008 – 67
2007 – 72
2006 – 56
2005 – 49
2004 – 47
2003 – 41
2002 – 59
2001 – 46
2000 – 58
1999 – 53
