Violent crime
1,483 per 100,000 residents, per year
199 reported in the last 12 months
+18% vs. Los Angeles (1,262)
Data through August 2026, Los Angeles Police Department
Crime in Crenshaw District, Los Angeles
The violent crime rate in Crenshaw District is 1,483 per 100,000 residents per year, 18% above Los Angeles as a whole (1,262). It ranks 37 of 132 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Aug 2026Property crime
3,406 per 100,000 residents, per year
457 reported in the last 12 months
+34% vs. Los Angeles (2,548)
All reported
5,179 per 100,000 residents, per year
695 reported in the last 12 months
+28% vs. Los Angeles (4,045)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 13,419 for Crenshaw District. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.
Where Crenshaw District sits in Los Angeles, and where incidents concentrate
rank 37 of 132Loading map…
1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Crenshaw District is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 37 of 132. Nearby in the ranking: Venice (1,597), Gramercy Place (1,519), Adams-Normandie (1,462), Boyle Heights (1,446).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0137XX Crenshaw Blvd | 22 | 24 | 11% |
| 0236XX Crenshaw Blvd | 16 | 81 | 8% |
| 03Crenshaw Blvd & Exposition Blvd | 9 | 0 | 5% |
| 0434XX Exposition Blvd | 8 | 5 | 4% |
| 0528XX Crenshaw Blvd | 7 | 10 | 4% |
| 06Exposition Blvd & Crenshaw Blvd | 5 | 3 | 3% |
| 0728XX Edgehill Dr | 5 | 1 | 3% |
“Block” is the hundred-block LAPD publishes for each incident (for example 7XX S Figueroa St), never an exact address. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 7 account for 36% of Crenshaw District’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Crenshaw District |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 14 |
| Oct 2025 | 16 |
| Nov 2025 | 15 |
| Dec 2025 | 23 |
| Jan 2026 | 17 |
| Feb 2026 | 15 |
| Mar 2026 | 17 |
| Apr 2026 | 17 |
| May 2026 | 21 |
| Jun 2026 | 19 |
| Jul 2026 | 16 |
| Aug 2026 | 9 |
When crime happens in Crenshaw District
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Crenshaw District happened between 9 am and 6 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 9 am
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Los Angeles Police Department.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 am | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 8 am | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 9 am | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| 10 am | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 11 am | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 12 pm | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 1 pm | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 pm | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 pm | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 pm | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 pm | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| 6 pm | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 7 pm | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| 8 pm | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 9 pm | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 10 pm | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 11 pm | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 am | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 1 am | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 am | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 am | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Total with a known time | 100 | 288 | 388 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 198 | 1,476 | +18% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 7.5 | −4% |
| Theft, burglary and robberyProperty | 337 | 2,511 | +42% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 62 | 462 | +10% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 58 | 432 | +21% |
| Drug offensesOther | 31 | 231 | +44% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 8 | 60 | −20% |
Source and dates
k7nn-b2ep- Source
- Los Angeles Police Department, via Los Angeles Open Data (dataset k7nn-b2ep), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 13,419 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Los Angeles, CA
- All neighborhoods
- Los Angeles neighborhoods by reported crime rate