Full Notification

Over 100 pages of details showing reported crime statistics for the unincorporated communities and 42 contract cities policed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department can be found at www.lasd.org. Visit the “Crime Prevention and Information” page or access them directly at http://file.lacounty.gov/lasd/cms1_148405.pdf

These include year-to-date (one month) 2011 reported crime statistics compared to 2010 and compared to five years ago (2006). Reported crimes for each sheriff's station and city include homicides, robberies, burglaries, etc. (To review the statistics, open the file, right click with your computer mouse and use the search engine: http://file.lacounty.gov/lasd/cms1_148405.pdf ).

As of the end of January 2011, preliminary crime data shows that criminal homicides in Sheriff’s patrol areas have decreased by 16.67 percent, compared to the same year-to-date (one month) period last year (17 homicides last year compared to 14 this year). This follows a more than five year continuous decrease and the lowest homicide rate (allowing for population changes) since 1965.

Reported incidents of violent crimes (Part I) have declined 8.22 percent, and serious property crimes reported (Part I) have declined by 3.92 percent in Sheriff’s patrol areas countywide, compared to last year at this time. These numbers combine to show a 4.73 percent decrease in overall Part I crimes.

To view the LASD 1960-2010 homicides and ratios, and 1960-2010 charts of Part I crimes and rate on the official website of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (http://www.lasd.org), click on the following link:

http://sheriff.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lasd/media/detail/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/lasd+content/lasd+site/home/home+top+stories/homicide_rate_declines_2010


Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local sheriff’s station. Or, if you wish to remain anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.


To receive more detailed, up-to-date information directly from LASD via e-mail, register for "Nixle" alerts at http://www.Nixle.com or more directly at https://local.nixle.com/register/ and register for "LASD-Headquarters Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff" and your local LASD station area. Or, text your zip code to 888777 to receive text alerts only. Standard text messaging rates may apply, depending on your calling plan. (To see view LASD HQ Newsroom messages you missed, visit: http://nixle.us/lasd----headquarters-newsroom-shb-los-angeles-county-sheriff/?page=1 )




To access the new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Online Tool that makes decades of crime statistics research easier, go to: http://sheriff.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lasd/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hLAwMDd3-nYCN3M19LA0_nEDPvMJMAQ39jA_2CbEdFAFVdgp4!/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/lasd+content/lasd+site/home/home+top+stories/fbi_crime_tool
and logon to the following links: UCR Data Tool; Crime Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program; Crime in the United States, 2009.


Mike Parker, Captain
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
(323) 267-4800
www.lasd.org


Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department