Violent crime
848 per 100,000 residents, per year
335 reported in the last 12 months
−33% vs. Los Angeles (1,262)
Data through August 2026, Los Angeles Police Department
Crime in Lake Balboa, Los Angeles
The violent crime rate in Lake Balboa is 848 per 100,000 residents per year, 33% below Los Angeles as a whole (1,262). It ranks 83 of 132 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Aug 2026Property crime
1,531 per 100,000 residents, per year
605 reported in the last 12 months
−40% vs. Los Angeles (2,548)
All reported
2,462 per 100,000 residents, per year
973 reported in the last 12 months
−39% vs. Los Angeles (4,045)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 39,515 for Lake Balboa. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.
Where Lake Balboa sits in Los Angeles, and where incidents concentrate
rank 83 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.
Lake Balboa is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 83 of 132. Nearby in the ranking: Pacoima (855), Encino (855), Reynier Village (845), Harbor Gateway (840).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01160XX Sherman Way | 20 | 19 | 6% |
| 0266XX Woodley Ave | 14 | 8 | 4% |
| 0376XX Balboa Blvd | 10 | 17 | 3% |
| 0471XX Woodley Ave | 10 | 5 | 3% |
| 05160XX Vanowen St | 9 | 5 | 3% |
| 06164XX Vanowen St | 8 | 4 | 2% |
| 0767XX Hayvenhurst Ave | 7 | 7 | 2% |
| 08165XX Vanowen St | 6 | 3 | 2% |
| 09177XX Saticoy St | 6 | 3 | 2% |
| 1070XX Woodley Ave | 6 | 3 | 2% |
“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 10 account for 29% of Lake Balboa’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 Lake Balboa |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 33 |
| Oct 2025 | 28 |
| Nov 2025 | 28 |
| Dec 2025 | 23 |
| Jan 2026 | 20 |
| Feb 2026 | 18 |
| Mar 2026 | 40 |
| Apr 2026 | 19 |
| May 2026 | 21 |
| Jun 2026 | 27 |
| Jul 2026 | 40 |
| Aug 2026 | 38 |
When crime happens in Lake Balboa
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Lake Balboa happened between 3 pm and 1 am. Sunday had the most.
Violent crime busiest hour 8 pm
Property crime busiest hour 6 pm
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; 2% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 am | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 8 am | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 9 am | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 10 am | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 11 am | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 pm | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 1 pm | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2 pm | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 3 pm | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 4 pm | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 5 pm | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 6 pm | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 7 pm | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 8 pm | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 10 pm | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 11 pm | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 am | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 1 am | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 am | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 am | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total with a known time | 98 | 257 | 355 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 am | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 8 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 am | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 10 am | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 11 am | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 pm | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 1 pm | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 pm | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 pm | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| 4 pm | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 5 pm | 8 | 26 | 34 |
| 6 pm | 14 | 25 | 39 |
| 7 pm | 9 | 28 | 37 |
| 8 pm | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 9 pm | 17 | 21 | 38 |
| 10 pm | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 11 pm | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 12 am | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 1 am | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 am | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| 3 am | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 4 am | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 5 am | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Total with a known time | 167 | 390 | 557 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 334 | 845 | −33% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 2.5 | −67% |
| Theft, burglary and robberyProperty | 396 | 1,002 | −43% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 126 | 319 | −24% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 83 | 210 | −41% |
| Drug offensesOther | 24 | 61 | −62% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 9 | 23 | −69% |
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
- 39,515 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Los Angeles, CA
- All neighborhoods
- Los Angeles neighborhoods by reported crime rate