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Violent, property and overall crime decreases in LASD area during 2013 compared to 2012. Overall 5 year decrease in crime continues

PRELIMINARY overall reported crime for calendar year 2013 in Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol areas countywide:
Violent crimes (Part 1) have decreased 8.78 percent
Property crimes reported (Part I) have decreased by 1.93 percent
These numbers combine to show a 3.12 percent decrease in overall reported Part I crimes.

119 pages of details showing preliminary 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 (YTD) December 2013 preliminary reported crime statistics compared to 2012 and compared to five years ago (2008). 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

For calendar year 2013, preliminary reported crime data shows that reported overall incidents of violent crimes (Part 1) have decreased 8.78 percent, and property crimes reported (Part I) have decreased by 1.93 percent in Sheriff’s patrol areas countywide, compared to last year at this time. These numbers combine to show a 3.12 percent decrease in overall Part I crimes.

In comparison, the five year (2013/2008) change in YTD crime rate for December, preliminary crime data shows that overall incidents of violent crimes reported (Part 1) have decreased by 27.17 percent, and property crimes reported (Part 1) have decreased by 10.92 percent in Sheriff’s patrol areas countywide, compared to five years ago. These numbers combined to show a 14.17 percent decrease in overall Part 1 crimes.
For calendar year 2013, preliminary reported crime data shows that criminal homicides increased by 1.75% in Sheriff’s patrol areas (167 YTD in 2013 compared to 166 YTD in 2012), and have decreased by 30.95% compared to five years ago (250 YTD in 2008). 2013 was tied for the second lowest homicide rate (allowing for population changes) in Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol areas since 1965.

Population source for crime rates per 10,000 population: 2001- 2009 population projections from the Chief Administrative Officer's (CAO) Office of Urban Research and California Department of Finance. 2011 and 2012 Year-To-Date (YTD) population source from the 2010 United States Census Population count.

Note: The LASD East Los Angeles Station has policed the unincorporated area of East Los Angeles and the city of Commerce for many years. Beginning July 1, 2010, East Los Angeles Station added the policing of the cities of Maywood and Cudahy. This should be considered when comparing 2012/2013 crime statistics to 2008.

To view the LASD 1960-2013 homicides and ratios, and 1960-2013 charts of Part 1 crimes and rates on the official website of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (http://www.lasd.org), click on the following link:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/nixle/uploads/pub_media/user21020-1390009101-media1

You do not need to wait to see the monthly crime statistics summary. Continuously available expanded crime mapping for Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol areas is available at www.Crimemapping.com and www.lasd.org at:

http://sheriff.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lasd/crimeprevention/
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 access the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Online Tool that makes decades of crime statistics research easier, go to:

http://sheriff.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lasd/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gLAwgwcjfzdDPw9Hf3dAswNjcyCDLRDwfpwK3CyRwib4ADOBro-3nk56bqF2Rnpzk6KioCAMV4niQ!/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfOTAwMEdPQlMyRzZNOTBJQ1Q2S1Y0UDFPMzA!/?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.

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