 Contributing factors to the current state rankings, according to the Shreveport Times, a Gannett newspaper, Louisiana has a 65% higher rate of violent crimes at 629 per 100,000 people versus the national average of about 380 per 100,000 people. Well, I mean, you know, if you can't look at yourself in the mirror, Shreveport Times, of what good are you? Most of that's coming from big cities like, yeah, Shreveport, your namesake.