ABC7 Los Angeles Neighborhood Safety Tracker

Updated May 07, 2024 by the ABC7 Data Team

ABC7 is tracking crime and safety in communities across Southern California, including neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles. This safety tracker lets you look into how often major crimes happen where you live and to examine trends over time, according to records gathered from local law enforcement agencies.

We have paused updates to this tracker temporarily while LAPD switches to a new records management system for reporting crimes and arrests.

You can choose which crime to examine: Homicides Vehicle Thefts Assaults Burglaries Robberies Shootings Sexual Assaults Thefts

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Homicides
337

Last 12 months
Through March 04

Average Homicides
352

Yearly average
2019 to 2022

Homicide Rate
8.8

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Homicide Rate
9.1

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2022

Homicides over the last 12 months are trending down 14% compared to 2022, according to the latest Los Angeles Police Department data through March 04.

However, the murder rate in city over the last 12 months is down when compared to the annual average over the last four years, and the frequency of killings remains higher than it was before the pandemic.

Los Angeles averaged about 28 homicides a month over the last year. In 2019, that number was 22 a month.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, Los Angeles’ murder rate was 6.7 per 100,000 residents. That’s just over half of the risk of dying in a vehicle crash in California. The city’s murder rate has jumped to 8.8 over the last 12 months, nearing the same risk as dying in a crash.

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood in the city.

ABC7’s data team looked at data from the Los Angeles Police Department by police division from 2019 through March 04, 2024, the latest date for which LAPD records are available. Totals here include murders, but not involuntary manslaughter or justifiable homicide.

A closer look at Los Angeles homicides by neighborhood

The map color codes each area by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues highlight neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the citywide rate.

Click on any area to see detailed numbers or the buttons at the bottom of the map to switch between numbers and rates.

You can find your neighborhood by using the box at the top of the map to search for any street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location or search the table below the map to view and compare data by area over more than a decade.

Choose a different crime to explore in the county:

Assaults

Burglaries

Homicides

Shootings

Robberies

Sex Assaults

Thefts

Vehicle Thefts

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