Windsor Square vandalism is the headline signal for March 2026 — a sharp above-trend move that pushes it to the top of this month's rankings. Tarzana other-larceny had been the lead category last month, and it remains prominent in the top five, but vandalism in a new neighborhood is the freshest shift this briefing.
Citywide volume is down 26.3% against the prior 12 months — 102,103 incidents against 138,606 the year before. The mix is heavily weighted toward declines: 272 below-trend signals and 242 sustained-shift signals, against just 12 fresh spikes across 114 neighborhoods. Other-larceny spikes in Studio City, Beverlywood, and Woodland Hills all appear in the top five, making it the most active category this period even as the broader citywide trend runs downward.
The structural story in Los Angeles remains a broad, sustained decline — the volume gap between this year and last is too large to be noise. The other-larceny pattern appearing across multiple neighborhoods is new enough to watch: three separate neighborhoods registered the same category signal in a single month, which is a concentration worth tracking into April.
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