Los Angeles Crime Rate Briefing Archive
Every monthly briefing Public Analyst.ai has published for Los Angeles, in reverse chronological order. Each entry preserves the narrative as written that month — anomalies, headline, and the chart that explained it. The data on the live city page is current; the data on each archived month is not.
2026
Windsor Square vandalism ran 112% above its multi-year baseline.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 112% above its multi-year baseline, 72 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume ran 10% heavier than the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Lincoln Heights other larceny also moved.
Tarzana other larceny ran 88% above its multi-year baseline.
Tarzana other larceny ran 88% above its multi-year baseline, 391 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 19% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Windsor Square vandalism also moved.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 109% above its multi-year baseline.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 109% above its multi-year baseline, 73 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 22% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Tarzana other larceny also moved.
Tarzana other larceny ran 94% above its multi-year baseline.
Tarzana other larceny ran 94% above its multi-year baseline, 397 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 24% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Windsor Square vandalism also moved.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 94% above its multi-year baseline.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 94% above its multi-year baseline, 67 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 26% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Tarzana other larceny also moved.
Tarzana other larceny ran 96% above its multi-year baseline.
Tarzana other larceny ran 96% above its multi-year baseline, 399 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 26% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Windsor Square vandalism also moved.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 97% above its multi-year baseline.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 97% above its multi-year baseline, 67 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 26% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Tarzana other larceny also moved.
Tarzana other larceny ran 83% above its multi-year baseline.
Tarzana other larceny ran 83% above its multi-year baseline, 371 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 26% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Windsor Square vandalism also moved.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 69% above its multi-year baseline.
Windsor Square vandalism ran 69% above its multi-year baseline, 57 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 25% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Tarzana other larceny also moved.
Tarzana other larceny ran 82% above its multi-year baseline.
Tarzana other larceny ran 82% above its multi-year baseline, 368 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 23% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: West Hills vandalism also moved.
West Hills vandalism ran 189% above its multi-year baseline.
West Hills vandalism ran 189% above its multi-year baseline, 233 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 21% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Encino other larceny also moved.
Encino other larceny ran 56% above its multi-year baseline.
Encino other larceny ran 56% above its multi-year baseline, 391 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 19% lighter than a year ago. Behind the headline: Porter Ranch vandalism also moved.
Porter Ranch vandalism ran 228% above its multi-year baseline.
Porter Ranch vandalism ran 228% above its multi-year baseline, 92 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Across the city, the trailing 12-month total is 17% lighter than a year ago. 506 signals in total: 57 spikes, 438 below-trend, 3 rare-event across 114 neighborhoods.
Chinatown sexual assault ran 296% above its multi-year baseline.
Chinatown sexual assault ran 296% above its multi-year baseline, 38 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume drifted 15% below the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Northridge vandalism also moved.
Porter Ranch vandalism ran 255% above its multi-year baseline.
Porter Ranch vandalism ran 255% above its multi-year baseline, 98 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume drifted 12% below the prior 12 months. 476 signals in total: 70 spikes, 394 below-trend, 4 rare-event across 114 neighborhoods.
Watts other larceny ran 95% above its multi-year baseline.
Watts other larceny ran 95% above its multi-year baseline, 262 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume drifted 10% below the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Porter Ranch vandalism also moved.
Porter Ranch vandalism ran 231% above its multi-year baseline.
Porter Ranch vandalism ran 231% above its multi-year baseline, 92 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume drifted 9% below the prior 12 months. 426 signals in total: 81 spikes, 335 below-trend, 2 rare-event across 114 neighborhoods.
Watts other larceny ran 86% above its multi-year baseline.
Watts other larceny ran 86% above its multi-year baseline, 248 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume drifted 7% below the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Porter Ranch vandalism also moved.
Woodland Hills vandalism ran 102% above its multi-year baseline.
Woodland Hills vandalism ran 102% above its multi-year baseline, 411 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume drifted 6% below the prior 12 months. 370 signals across 114 neighborhoods this month.
Watts other larceny ran 81% above its multi-year baseline.
Watts other larceny ran 81% above its multi-year baseline, 241 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume drifted 4% below the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Woodland Hills vandalism also moved.
Woodland Hills vandalism ran 91% above its multi-year baseline.
Woodland Hills vandalism ran 91% above its multi-year baseline, 386 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. 311 signals in total: 99 spikes, 202 below-trend, 2 rare-event across 114 neighborhoods.
Echo Park other larceny ran 101% above its multi-year baseline.
Echo Park other larceny ran 101% above its multi-year baseline, 374 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Woodland Hills vandalism also moved.
Woodland Hills vandalism ran 75% above its multi-year baseline.
Woodland Hills vandalism ran 75% above its multi-year baseline, 353 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Cypress Park other larceny also moved.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 205% above its multi-year baseline.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 205% above its multi-year baseline, 113 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Woodland Hills vandalism also moved.
West Hills other larceny ran 106% above its multi-year baseline.
West Hills other larceny ran 106% above its multi-year baseline, 496 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle also moved.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 215% above its multi-year baseline.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 215% above its multi-year baseline, 116 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume edged 3% above the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: West Hills other larceny also moved.
West Hills other larceny ran 113% above its multi-year baseline.
West Hills other larceny ran 113% above its multi-year baseline, 507 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume edged 3% above the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle also moved.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 203% above its multi-year baseline.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 203% above its multi-year baseline, 112 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: West Hills other larceny also moved.
Boyle Heights other larceny ran 76% above its multi-year baseline.
Boyle Heights other larceny ran 76% above its multi-year baseline, 662 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. 220 signals in total: 93 spikes, 117 below-trend, 2 rare-event across 114 neighborhoods.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 171% above its multi-year baseline.
Sepulveda Basin theft from vehicle ran 171% above its multi-year baseline, 99 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. Behind the headline: Silver Lake other larceny also moved.
Silver Lake other larceny ran 254% above its multi-year baseline.
Silver Lake other larceny ran 254% above its multi-year baseline, 755 incidents in the trailing 12 months. Citywide volume sat roughly flat against the prior 12 months. 247 signals in total: 116 spikes, 122 below-trend, 1 rare-event across 114 neighborhoods.