COMPSTAT Citywide Profile

Crime Statistics August 19, 2024

VIOLENT CRIMES                   2006             2005         % Chg

Homicide                                302                325           -7.1%
Rape                                       573                600          -4.5%
Robbery                                9,069             8,373           8.3%
Agg Assaults **                      9,178            10,090         -9.0%
Total Violent Crimes          19,122           19,388        -1.4%

PROPERTY CRIMES

Burglary                               12,403           13,613         -8.9%
BTFV                                    18,805           21,105       -10.9%
Personal/Other Theft            17,221           19,812       -13.1%
Auto Theft                           15,332           16,989         -9.8%
Total Property Crimes       63,761           71,519       -10.8%

Comments

[Jim Reed]

While the drop in violent crime is indeed impressive, it could more dramatic.

First, we need Sheriff Lee Baca to keep the inmates in custody for their entire sentence.....not just 10 percent as he has done. Next, we need Arnold to spend some significant money to build need prisons for 50,000 new inmates. This will make it difficult for the judges to keep putting the guilty on probation. There will be a place for them to keep them out of society.

Yes this will cost significant dollars and possibly mean a tax increase. But, if the safety of all of us is a priority, then we will have to face the price.

Face facts, the police can only due so much as catching the bad guys. It is the rest of the system that has broken down and need major attention.

[David Byrne]

I must give the LAPD credit. You guys have reduced crime so much in the last few years.

I wish my police force (London's met) could do the same - 26,858 robberies and 111,237 total violent crimes as of August 1st, and the rate continues to rise.

Why can't we reduce crime like the LAPD have done?