Los Angeles Crime, Not as good as last year…
The short summary:
- Property crime continues to fall
- ALL violent crime is up (except homicide)
Last year rates fell across the board. It is interesting that property crime continues to fall, you would expect that the “bad economy” might make people steal more. But, there certainly seems to be a whole lot more hate in Los Angeles right now..
COMPSTAT Citywide Profile
Crime Statistics January 31, 2009
VIOLENT CRIMES 2009** 2008** % Chg
Homicide 34* 38 -10.5%
Rape 69 61 13.1%
Robbery 1186 1091 8.7%
Agg Assaults ** 942 928 1.5%
Total Violent Crimes 2231 2118 5.3%
PROPERTY CRIMES
Burglary 1505 1621 -7.2%
BTFV 2607 2651 -1.7%
Personal/Other Theft 2014 2245 -10.3%
Auto Theft 1552 1886 -17.7%
Total Property Crimes 7678 8403 -8.6%
Total Part I Crimes 9909 10521 -5.8%
Very interesting how rape has gone up so much… People angry and frustrated, or just insecure and have to find someone to show the world how “powerfull” they are?
Comment by San — February 6, 2009 @ 1:58 am
No joke… On one side, 69 v 61 is not a huge difference, we will see if the trend continues. BUT, combine this with the setting the dancer on fire story — I am worried you are righ, is there some power thing going on here?
Comment by j k — February 6, 2009 @ 10:23 am