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Crime Trends

Reported incident activity for Southwest — August vs July. Based on LAPD public data.

699 reported incidents recorded in Southwest for August (through Aug 21) — → flat vs 730 for July. 234 incidents recorded in the last 7 days. August data collection is ongoing — the final count will be higher.

Last 7 Days
234
reported incidents
August
699
through Aug 21 — ongoing
vs July
→ flat
730 prior period

Incident Types — August vs July

Type August Trend
Assault violent 207 8%
Theft 136 27%
Other 136 19%
Vandalism 83 → flat
Vehicle Theft 53 19%
Burglary 37 76%
Robbery violent 32 22%
Weapons Offense violent 15 35%
Over the last 90 days, 2,138 incidents were recorded in Southwest. The window shown above (August) covers 699 of those.

Notable Recent Incidents

Date & Time Type Location
Aug 21, 2026
6:00 PM 		Assault
violent 		3900 S Western Ave
Aug 21, 2026
1:00 PM 		Assault
violent 		4000 Ursula Ave
Aug 21, 2026
8:00 AM 		Assault
violent 		4600 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Aug 21, 2026
1:35 AM 		Assault
violent 		1100 W 39th St
Aug 20, 2026
11:50 PM 		Assault
violent 		Obama Blvd & Coliseum St

Data & Methodology

Data source: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) crime records, sourced from the LA City Open Data Portal. Covers reported incidents from 2020 to present, updated regularly. Only active, non-duplicate records are counted.

Neighborhood boundaries correspond to LAPD patrol divisions, not city-defined neighborhood boundaries. An incident is assigned to a division based on the reporting area recorded in the original data.

Limitations: Reported incident counts reflect only crimes that were reported to and recorded by LAPD. Under-reporting means actual incident rates may be higher. Data may have delays of several days to weeks depending on the source dataset. A reported incident does not imply guilt or conviction.

Last database update: Sept. 5, 2026.

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