Windsor Square vandalism rose 69% against its multi-year baseline, the strongest fresh signal in Los Angeles this briefing. Other larceny had been the lead category last month, with Tarzana at the top of the rankings, but vandalism is the new mover this period. Vandalism also appeared in West Hills, making it the category that most distinguishes November 2025 from the months before.
Citywide volume is down 24.6% against the prior 12 months, 111,735 incidents against 148,178 in the year before. The signal mix leans heavily toward declines: 246 below-trend signals and 238 sustained-shift signals against 33 spikes across 114 neighborhoods. Among the fresh upward moves, Encino other larceny and Mission Hills aggravated assault joined the vandalism signals in the top five, a varied category mix rather than a single concentrated pattern.
The citywide decline is deep and broad, and a single month of localized vandalism spikes in Windsor Square and West Hills does not break that structural trend. Tarzana other larceny is one month into the rankings, not a long-running pattern. The signals worth watching into December are whether vandalism continues to spread across additional neighborhoods, and whether the aggravated assault move in Mission Hills persists or fades as a one-month outlier.
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.
Public Analyst.ai, “November 2025 — Los Angeles,” archived snapshot.Permanent URL: /los-angeles/2025/november