Boyle Heights other-larceny rose 76% against its multi-year baseline, the strongest single signal in Los Angeles this briefing. The move is not isolated: West Hills, Echo Park, and Silver Lake all registered the same category in the top five, making other-larceny the defining pattern of March 2024. No prior-month lead carried over; this is the first month Boyle Heights has topped the rankings.
Citywide volume is up 2.3% against the prior 12 months, 152,084 incidents against 148,599. The mix is heavily weighted toward fresh spikes: 93 across 114 neighborhoods, alongside 70 sustained-shift signals and just 47 below-trend signals. Sepulveda Basin theft-from-vehicle also appeared among the top signals, one of the few non-larceny entries in an otherwise larceny-dominated month.
The breadth of the other-larceny move is the detail worth tracking. Four of the five top signals this month are the same category across geographically spread neighborhoods, Boyle Heights, West Hills, Echo Park, and Silver Lake. Whether that reflects a coordinated pattern or simultaneous local conditions is an open question, but the concentration is strong enough that October's briefing will be the first real test of whether it holds or resolves.
Sustained drops worth naming
No sustained-shift signals this month — every category sits within its trailing-year range.
Public Analyst.ai, “March 2024 — Los Angeles,” archived snapshot.Permanent URL: /los-angeles/2024/march