LAPD Announces Los Angeles Crime Rates Are Down in 2011
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recently announced that the number of crimes recorded for the first quarter of 2011 is significantly lower than the number of crimes that occurred in the first quarter of 2010, according to a recent article in The Los Angeles Times. The drops include double-digit declines in several violent crimes, including homicide, and several property crimes, including theft and carjacking.
For example, the LAPD found that in the first quarter of 2011, 4,579 serious crimes were recorded, which was 12.5 percent fewer crimes than were recorded during the same period in 2010. These records included 63 homicides in 2011, down from 72 in the previous year. Police also recorded 19,642 property crimes including auto theft, which is 11.8 percent lower this year.
The LAPD estimates an average of 51 incidents per day have occurred in 2011, which is the lowest rate the city has seen in several years. If these trends continue, the LAPD expects to set a new 40-year low record for crimes, particularly homicides. The lowest current record is 297 homicides, which was recorded in 2010 and was the lowest number for any year over the last four decades.
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