LAPD increases patrols in Encino following a double homicide and burglaries, involving community engagement and technology.

Critics of City Hall and the Los Angeles Police Department say the smash-and-grab incidents, while alarming, have been happening for at least the better part of a decade.

Citywide, violent crime has declined nearly 7% compared with this time last year, with 1,650 fewer incidents reported as of Sept. 30, according to Los Angeles Police Department statistics.

July 24, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Police Department officials report that in response to recent violent incidents and residential burglaries in the Encino community, the Los Angeles Police ...

LOS ANGELES — Violent crime overall in Los Angeles decreased more than 3% in 2023, ... Data about use-of-force incidents, including police shootings, is scheduled for release by March 1.

On July 19, 2025, around 2:00 a.m., a mass casualty incident occurred outside a nightclub located near the 1000 block of ...

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore says violent crime overall decreased more than 3% in 2023, despite a perception that the nation's second-largest city is unsafe.

Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect in the assault of an Asian man last week, ... The category of hate crime incidents where a victim was targeted because of their race, ...

The strategy includes increased patrols, focused burglary investigations, air support, and community outreach.

A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in Sun Valley on Monday, and police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down ...

However, the 30,078 violent crimes in Los Angeles last year is a 66.2 percent drop from the 88,919 in 1992. Property crime rose 4.2 percent last year over 2020, but there were about 5,000 fewer ...

There were also nine hate “incidents” — or bigoted encounters that don’t rise to the level of a crime — compared with seven in 2019, police said. Several anti-Asian hate crimes have ...