Violent crime rates are dropping faster in Louisville areas where a city program has worked to prevent shootings compared to the city overall, according to a new report.

The city’s Office of Violence Prevention released a report Monday that analyzed recent efforts to improve areas with the highest levels of gun violence. These community violence intervention sites include parts of the Russell, Taylor Berry, Newburg and Algonquin neighborhoods. While homicides in these areas between 2021 and 2024 remained mostly flat, nonfatal shootings were down by nearly a quarter.

Ashley Webb, deputy director of the Office of Violence Intervention, said data for this year shows even bigger improvements: Violent crime across the four sites in the first half of 2025 was down 62% compared to the same peri

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