West Hills other-larceny more than doubled against its multi-year baseline this month, up 106%, the strongest single signal in Los Angeles this briefing. Theft from vehicle in Sepulveda Basin has been the category leading recent rankings, but other-larceny is the category that moved most sharply in July 2024, appearing in three of the top five positions across distinct neighborhoods.
Citywide volume is up 2.4% against the prior 12 months, 151,738 incidents against 148,114. The signal mix is tilted toward increases: 84 spikes and 78 sustained-shift signals against 45 below-trend signals, across 114 neighborhoods. Echo Park and Boyle Heights both registered other-larceny spikes alongside West Hills, and Woodland Hills added a vandalism spike, making property crime the dominant theme of the month.
The breadth of the other-larceny move is the detail to watch. Three separate neighborhoods showing the same category spike in a single month is not routine. Theft from vehicle in Sepulveda Basin remains a persistent presence in the rankings, but it is the other-larceny pattern, distributed across West Hills, Echo Park, and Boyle Heights, that is new to this briefing and has no prior-month precedent in the current facts.
Sustained drops worth naming
No sustained-shift signals this month — every category sits within its trailing-year range.
Public Analyst.ai, “July 2024 — Los Angeles,” archived snapshot.Permanent URL: /los-angeles/2024/july