Windsor Square vandalism is the headline signal for March 2026 — a fresh spike in a category that hasn't led the Los Angeles briefings recently. Tarzana other-larceny has been the citywide lead-category backdrop, but with other-larceny dominating four of the top five this month, the editorial lead shifts to the one bucket that's new: vandalism in Windsor Square.
Citywide volume is down 27.0% against the prior 12 months — 101,129 incidents against 138,606 in the year before. The signal mix runs heavily toward declines: 272 below-trend signals and 242 sustained-shift signals against just 12 fresh spikes across 114 neighborhoods. Studio City and Beverlywood both registered other-larceny spikes in the top five, reinforcing that the category is active across the west side of the city even as the overall trend is down.
The structural story this month is largely one of continued citywide decline with an isolated uptick in two categories — vandalism and other-larceny — concentrated in specific neighborhoods. The other-larceny run is only one month long in the rankings, so it's too early to call it a trend. Windsor Square vandalism is the one genuinely fresh move; how it develops in April will determine whether it's a one-month signal or the start of something longer.
Sustained drops worth naming
Sexual Assault ran below trend in the trailing 12 months — 34% down from the year before. Sustained shifts often precede a baseline reset; we surface them at the same prominence as spikes.
Public Analyst.ai, “March 2026 — Los Angeles,” archived snapshot.Permanent URL: /los-angeles/2026/march