Serious violent crimes consist of Part 1 offenses as defined by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Uniform Reporting Statistics. These include murders, nonnegligent homicides, rapes (legacy and revised), robberies, and aggravated assaults. LAPD data were used for City of Los Angeles, LASD data were used for unincorporated areas and cities that contract with LASD for law enforcement services, and CA Attorney General data were used for all other cities with local police departments. This indicator is based on location of residence. Single-year data are only available for Los Angeles County overall, Service Planning Areas, Supervisorial Districts, City of Los Angeles overall, and City of Los Angeles Council Districts.Neighborhood violence and crime can have a harmful impact on all members of a community. Living in communities with high rates of violence and crime not only exposes residents to a greater personal risk of injury or death, but it can also render individuals more susceptible to many adverse health outcomes. People who are regularly exposed to violence and crime are more likely to suffer from chronic stress, depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions. They are also less likely to be able to use their parks and neighborhoods for recreation and physical activity.For more information about the Community Health Profiles Data Initiative, please see the initiative homepage.

Comprehensive crime statistics for Los Angeles County including homicides, property crime, robbery, assault, and neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdowns with five-year trend analysis.

***Starting on March 7th, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) will adopt a new Records Management System for reporting crimes and arrests. This new system is being implemented to comply with the FBI's mandate to collect NIBRS-only data (NIBRS — FBI - https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/ucr/nibrs). During this transition, users will temporarily see only incidents reported in the retiring system. However, the LAPD is actively working on generating new NIBRS datasets to ensure a smoother and more efficient reporting system. ***

******Update 1/18/2024 - LAPD is facing issues with posting the Crime data, but we are taking immediate action to resolve the problem. We understand the importance of providing reliable and up-to-date information and are committed to delivering it.

As we work through the issues, we have temporarily reduced our updates from weekly to bi-weekly to ensure that we provide accurate information. Our team is actively working to identify and resolve these issues promptly.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. Rest assured, we are doing everything we can to fix the problem and get back to providing weekly updates as soon as possible. ******

This dataset reflects incidents of crime in the City of Los Angeles dating back to 2020. This data is transcribed from original crime reports that are typed on paper and therefore there may be some inaccuracies within the data. Some location fields with missing data are noted as (0°, 0°). Address fields are only provided to the nearest hundred block in order to maintain privacy. This data is as accurate as the data in the database. Please note questions or concerns in the comments.

This dataset contains official crime records reported in Los Angeles City from January 2020 to December 2023.

The data provides valuable information about reported crimes, including the date, area, crime details, victim information, premises, weapons used, and status.

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Comprehensive crime statistics for Los Angeles County's most dangerous neighborhoods including violent crime rates, property crime rates, gang activity, and annual victimization chances by neighborhood for 2024-2025.

This dataset reflects incidents of crime in the City of Los Angeles from 2010 - 2019. This data is transcribed from original crime reports that are typed on paper and therefore there may be some inaccuracies within the data. Some location fields with missing data are noted as (0°, 0°). Address fields are only provided to the nearest hundred block in order to maintain privacy. This data is as accurate as the data in the database. Please note questions or concerns in the comments.

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Los Angeles Crime Data (2020 - Present)

📌 Updated: February 7, 2025

Overview

This dataset contains reported crime incidents in the City of Los Angeles from 2020 to the present, provided by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). It includes key details such as crime type, location (anonymized), and date. The dataset is derived from official LAPD records and is regularly updated.

⚠️ Note: LAPD transitioned to a new Records Management System (RMS) on March 7, 2024, to comply with the FBI’s NIBRS (National Incident-Based Reporting System). During this transition, some crime data may still reflect the older system.

Dataset Highlights

✔ Crime Incidents: Reported cases from 2020 onwards ✔ Location Details: Anonymized to the nearest hundred block ✔ Reporting System: Transition to FBI's NIBRS compliance ✔ Data Accuracy: Transcribed from original LAPD reports

Important Notes

🔹 Temporary Reporting Delays – LAPD is experiencing technical issues affecting data updates. Until resolved, updates will be bi-weekly instead of weekly. 🔹 Data Limitations – Some missing location fields are recorded as (0°, 0°) due to privacy constraints. 🔹 Possible Inaccuracies – Crime reports are transcribed manually, leading to potential data errors.

Usage & Applications

✅ Crime trend analysis over time ✅ Crime hotspot detection & mapping ✅ Law enforcement and policy research ✅ Machine learning applications (predictive modeling)

Column Descriptions for Los Angeles Crime Data (2020 - Present)

Column Name and Description

DR_NO: Unique crime report number assigned by LAPD. Date Rptd: Date when the crime was reported to the LAPD (MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM). DATE OCC: Date when the crime occurred (MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM). TIME OCC: Time when the crime occurred, in 24-hour format (e.g., 2130 = 9:30 PM). AREA: Numerical code representing the LAPD division where the crime occurred. AREA NAME: Name of the LAPD division (e.g., Wilshire, Central, Southwest, etc.). Rpt Dist No: Reporting district number used internally by LAPD. Part 1-2: Crime category: 1 = Serious (violent/property crimes), 2 = Less serious crimes. Crm Cd: Crime classification code assigned by LAPD. Crm Cd Desc: Description of the crime, such as "Vehicle - Stolen" or "Burglary from Vehicle". Mocodes: Modus Operandi (MO) codes, which indicate methods used by criminals. Vict Age: Age of the victim (0 may indicate missing data). Vict Sex: Gender of the victim (M = Male, F = Female, X = Unknown). Vict Descent: Ethnicity of the victim, encoded as: W (White), B (Black), H (Hispanic), A (Asian), O (Other), etc. Premis Cd: Numerical code representing the type of location where the crime occurred. Premis Desc: Description of the location, such as "Street," "Bus Stop," "Apartment," etc. Weapon Used Cd: Weapon code, if a weapon was used in the crime (NaN if no weapon was involved). Weapon Desc: Description of the weapon (e.g., "Handgun", "Knife", "None"). Status: Case status, such as IC (Investigation Continued) or AA (Adult Arrest). Status Desc: Description of the case status, e.g., "Investigation Continued" or "Adult Arrest". Crm Cd 1 - Crm Cd 4: Additional crime codes, if multiple offenses occurred in the same incident. LOCATION: Nearest street address where the crime occurred. Cross Street: Cross street (if available) for additional location context. LAT Latitude: of the crime location. LON Longitude: of the crime location.

License & Attribution

Source: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Terms of Use: This dataset follows specific non-federal licensing rules different from Data.gov. Attribution: If you use this dataset, please credit LAPD & Data.gov.

💬 Feedback & Discussion

If you notice any inconsistencies or have questions, please leave a comment below. Let's collaborate to improve crime data transparency! 🚀

Effective March 7, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) implemented a new Records Management System aligning with the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) requirements. This switch, part of a nationwide mandate, enhances the granularity and specificity of crime data. You can learn more about NIBRS on the FBI's website here: https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/ucr/nibrs

NIBRS is more comprehensive than the previous Summary Reporting System (SRS) used in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Unlike SRS, which grouped crimes into general categories, NIBRS collects detailed information for each incident, including multiple offenses, offenders, and victims when applicable. This detail-rich format may give the impression of increased crime levels due to its broader capture of criminal activity, but it actually provides a more accurate and nuanced view of crime in our community.

This change sets a new baseline for crime reporting, reflecting incidents in the City of Los Angeles starting from March 7, 2024.

With NIBRS, each criminal incident may reflect multiple offenses, resulting in more robust data than before. This may change the appearance of crime frequency, as multiple offenses per incident are reported individually.

Graph and download economic data for Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Los Angeles County, CA (DISCONTINUED) (FBITC006037) from 2004 to 2020 about crime; violent crime; property crime; Los Angeles County, CA; Los Angeles; CA; and USA.

This dataset contains different collected datasets with crime data of many large cities. Below are the descriptions for each seperate dataset. Note: Dataset properties and column may differ from each other since the information was collected by the local police in different styles and situations.

1. Los Angeles

The Los Angeles dataset has the collected data on different crimes that happened in Los Angeles from 2000 up until May 2024. The columns are as follows:

• DR_NO - Division of Records Number: Official file number made up of a 2 digit year, area ID, and 5 digits

• Date Rptd - The date when the police found out about the crime

• Date OCC - The actual date of the crime

• Time OCC - In military time

• Area - The LAPD has 21 Community Police Stations referred to as Geographic Areas within the department. These Geographic Areas are sequentially numbered from 1-21.

• Area Name - The 21 Geographic Areas or Patrol Divisions are also given a name designation that references a landmark or the surrounding community that it is responsible for. For example 77th Street Division is located at the intersection of South Broadway and 77th Street, serving neighborhoods in South Los Angeles.

• Rpt Dist No - A four-digit code that represents a sub-area within a Geographic Area. All crime records reference the "RD" that it occurred in for statistical comparisons. Find LAPD Reporting Districts on the LA City GeoHub at http://geohub.lacity.org/datasets/c4f83909b81d4786aa8ba8a74a4b4db1_4

• Crm Cd - Indicates the crime committed. (Same as Crime Code 1)

• Crm Cd Desc - Defines the Crime Code provided.

• Mocodes - Modus Operandi: Activities associated with the suspect in commission of the crime.

• Vict Age - The age of the victim

• Vict Sex - The gender of the victim. They are as follows:

  • M - Male
  • F - Female
  • X - Unknown

• Vict Descent - Descent Code:

  • A - Other Asian
  • B - Black
  • C - Chinese
  • D - Cambodian
  • F - Filipino
  • G - Guamanian
  • H - Hispanic/Latin/Mexican
  • I - American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • J - Japanese
  • K - Korean
  • L - Laotian
  • O - Other
  • P - Pacific Islander
  • S - Samoan
  • U - Hawaiian
  • V - Vietnamese
  • W - White
  • X - Unknown
  • Z - Asian Indian

• Premis Cd - The type of structure, vehicle, or location where the crime took place.

• Premis Desc - Defines the Premise Code provided.

• Weapon Used Cd - The type of weapon used in the crime.

• Status - Status of the case. (IC is the default)

• Status Desc - Defines the Status Code provided.

• Crm Cd 1 - Indicates the crime committed. Crime Code 1 is the primary and most serious one. Crime Code 2, 3, and 4 are respectively less serious offenses. Lower crime class numbers are more serious.

• Crm Cd 2 - May contain a code for an additional crime, less serious than Crime Code 1.

• Crm Cd 3 - May contain a code for an additional crime, less serious than Crime Code 1.

• Crm Cd 4 - May contain a code for an additional crime, less serious than Crime Code 1.

• Location - Street address of crime incident rounded to the nearest hundred block to maintain anonymity.

• Cross Street - Cross Street of rounded Address

• LAT - Latitude

• LON - Longitude

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1. Chicago

This dataset contains crime data on Chicago, from 2001 to present. The columns are as follows:

• ID - Unique Identifier for the record

• Case Number - The Chicago Police Department RD Number (Records Division Number), which is unique to the incident.

• Date - Date when the incident occurred. this is sometimes a best estimate.

• Block - The partially redacted address where the incident occurred, placing it on the same block as the actual address.

• IUCR - The Illinois Unifrom Crime Reporting code. This is directly linked to the Primary Type and Description. See the list of IUCR codes at https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/c7ck-438e..

• Primary Type - The primary description of the IUCR code.

• Description - The secondary description of the IUCR code, a subcategory of the primary description.

• Location Description - Description of the location where the incident occurred.

• Arrest - Indicates whether an arrest was made.

• Domestic - Indicates whether the incident was domestic-related as defined by the Illinois Domestic Violence Act.

• Beat - Indicates the beat where the incident occurred. A beat is the smallest police geographic area – each beat has a dedicated police beat car. Three to five beats make up a police sector, and three sectors make up a police district. The Chicago Police Department has 22 police districts. See the beats at https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/aerh-rz74.

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The dataset titled "Crime Data from 2020 to Jan 2025" on the Los Angeles Open Data portal provides detailed information about reported crimes in the City of Los Angeles from January 2020 to the Jan 2025. This dataset is maintained by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and is part of the city's efforts to promote transparency and public access to crime-related information.

Data for cities, communities, and City of Los Angeles Council Districts were generated using a small area estimation method which combined the survey data with population benchmark data (2022 population estimates for Los Angeles County) and neighborhood characteristics data (e.g., U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates).Living in communities with high rates of violence and crime not only exposes residents to a greater personal risk of injury or death, but it can also render individuals more susceptible to many adverse health outcomes. People who are regularly exposed to violence and crime are more likely to suffer from chronic stress, depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions. They are also less likely to be able to use their parks and neighborhoods for recreation and physical activity.For more information about the Community Health Profiles Data Initiative, please see the initiative homepage.

There has been little research on United States homicide rates from a long-term perspective, primarily because there has been no consistent data series on a particular place preceding the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), which began its first full year in 1931. To fill this research gap, this project created a data series that spans two centuries on homicides per capita for the city of Los Angeles. The goal was to create a site-specific, individual-based data series that could be used to examine major social shifts related to homicide, such as mass immigration, urban growth, war, demographic changes, and changes in laws. The basic approach to the data collection was to obtain the best possible estimate of annual counts and the most complete information on individual homicides. Data were derived from multiple sources, including Los Angeles court records, as well as annual reports of the coroner and daily newspapers. Part 1 (Annual Homicides and Related Data) variables include Los Angeles County annual counts of homicides, counts of female victims, method of killing such as drowning, suffocating, or strangling, and the homicide rate. Part 2 (Individual Homicide Data) variables include the date and place of the murder, the age, sex, race, and place of birth of the offender and victim, type of weapon used, and source of data.

Description

This dataset reflects incidents of crime in the City of Los Angeles dating back to 2020. This data is transcribed from original crime reports that are typed on paper and therefore there may be some inaccuracies within the data. Some location fields with missing data are noted as (0°, 0°). Address fields are only provided to the nearest hundred block in order to maintain privacy. This data is as accurate as the data in the database.

Acknowledgements

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Part 1 crimes, as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), are:

Criminal Homicide Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary Larceny Theft Grand Theft Auto Arson

Part 2 crimes, as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), are:

Forgery Fraud And NSF Checks Sex Offenses Felonies Sex Offenses Misdemeanors Non-Aggravated Assaults Weapon Laws Offenses Against Family Narcotics Liquor Laws Drunk / Alcohol / Drugs Disorderly Conduct Vagrancy Gambling Drunk Driving Vehicle / Boat Vehicle / Boating Laws Vandalism Warrants Receiving Stolen Property Federal Offenses without Money Federal Offenses with Money Felonies Miscellaneous Misdemeanors Miscellaneous

Note About Date Fields:By default, the cloud database assumes all date fields are provided in UTC time zone. As a result, the system attempts to convert to the local time zone in your browser resulting in dates that appear differently than the source file. For example, a user viewing the data in PST will see times that are 8 hours behind. For an example of how dates are displayed, see the example below: Source & Download File Online Database Table Display (Example for PST User)

3/18/2023 8:07:00 AM PST 3/18/2023 8:07:00 AM UTC 3/18/2023 12:07:00 AM DATA DICTIONARY:

Field Name
Field Description


LURN_SAK
System assigned number for the case


Incident Date
Date the crime incident occurred


Incident Reported Date
Date the crime was reported to LASD


Category
Incident crime category


Stat Code
A three digit numerical coding system to identify the primary crime category for an incident


Stat Code Desc
The definition of the statistical code number


Address
The street number, street name, state and zip where the incident occurred


Street
The street number and street name where the incident occurred


City
The city where the incident occurred


Zip
The zip code of the location where the incident occurred


Incident ID
The URN #, or Uniform Report Number, is a unique # assigned to every criminal and noncriminal incident


Reporting District
A geographical area defined by LASD which is within a city or unincorporated area where the incident occurred


Sequential (per Station)
Each incident for each station is issued a unique sequence # within a given year


Gang Related
Indicates if the crime incident was gang related


Unit ID
ORI # is a number issued by the FBI for every law enforcement agency


Unit Name
Station Name


Longitude
Longitude (as plotted on the nearest half block street segment)


Latitude
Latitude (as plotted on the nearest half block street segment)


Part Category
Part I Crime or Part II Crime indicator

In a world of increasing crime, many organizations are interested in examining incident details to learn from and prevent future crime. Our client, based in Los Angeles County, was interested in this exact thing. They asked us to examine the data to answer several questions; among them, what was the rate of increase or decrease in crime from 2020 to 2023, and which ethnicity or group of people were targeted the most.

Our data was collected from Kaggle.com at the following link:

https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/nathaniellybrand/los-angeles-crime-dataset-2020-present

It was cleaned, examined for further errors, and the analysis performed using RStudio. The results of this analysis are in the attached PDF entitled: "crime_data_analysis_report." Please feel free to review the results as well as follow along with the dataset on your own machine.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for Los Angeles County, California, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and agency information.