Windsor Square vandalism is the headline signal this month — a sharp move well above its multi-year baseline and the most prominent fresh signal in November 2025. Tarzana other-larceny has been the top-ranked category for the prior period, but other-larceny has dominated the lead position long enough to become the backdrop; the new bucket this briefing is vandalism, which appears in multiple neighborhoods.
Citywide volume is down 24.6% against the prior 12 months — 111,736 incidents against 148,179. With 528 total signals across 114 neighborhoods, the mix still tilts heavily toward declines: 246 below-trend signals and 238 sustained-shift signals outpace the 33 fresh spikes. Encino and West Hills both registered vandalism spikes alongside Windsor Square, while Mission Hills appeared in the top five for aggravated assault.
The structural story in Los Angeles remains a multi-month volume decline, and this briefing doesn't break from that arc. What's new is the vandalism cluster across three separate neighborhoods — Windsor Square, Encino, and West Hills — which makes November's top signals more geographically concentrated in a single category than most prior months. Whether that pattern extends into December is the thing to track.
Sustained drops worth naming
Theft from Vehicle ran below trend in the trailing 12 months — 31% down from the year before. Sustained shifts often precede a baseline reset; we surface them at the same prominence as spikes.
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