Violent crime
1,965 per 100,000 residents, per year
767 reported in the last 12 months
+56% vs. Los Angeles (1,262)
Data through August 2026, Los Angeles Police Department
Crime in Pico-Union, Los Angeles
The violent crime rate in Pico-Union is 1,965 per 100,000 residents per year, 56% above Los Angeles as a whole (1,262). It ranks 21 of 132 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Aug 2026Property crime
2,596 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,013 reported in the last 12 months
+2% vs. Los Angeles (2,548)
All reported
4,774 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,863 reported in the last 12 months
+18% vs. Los Angeles (4,045)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 39,024 for Pico-Union. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.
Where Pico-Union sits in Los Angeles, and where incidents concentrate
rank 21 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.
Pico-Union is among the highest in the city: rank 21 of 132. Nearby in the ranking: Victoria Park (2,008), Harvard Park (2,006), Hyde Park (1,950), Harvard Heights (1,917).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0114XX S Flower St | 34 | 18 | 4% |
| 0211XX S Vermont Ave | 32 | 19 | 4% |
| 0314XX Arapahoe St | 16 | 2 | 2% |
| 0426XX San Marino St | 14 | 2 | 2% |
| 0512XX S Alvarado St | 13 | 6 | 2% |
| 0612XX Elden Ave | 11 | 8 | 1% |
| 0723XX W Pico Blvd | 9 | 7 | 1% |
| 089XX Magnolia Ave | 9 | 7 | 1% |
| 0919XX W Olympic Blvd | 9 | 5 | 1% |
| 1027XX San Marino St | 9 | 4 | 1% |
“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 20% of Pico-Union’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 Pico-Union |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 53 |
| Oct 2025 | 57 |
| Nov 2025 | 62 |
| Dec 2025 | 67 |
| Jan 2026 | 51 |
| Feb 2026 | 51 |
| Mar 2026 | 80 |
| Apr 2026 | 61 |
| May 2026 | 55 |
| Jun 2026 | 81 |
| Jul 2026 | 74 |
| Aug 2026 | 75 |
When crime happens in Pico-Union
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Pico-Union happened between 3 pm and 1 am. Saturday 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 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 am | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 8 am | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| 9 am | 10 | 29 | 39 |
| 10 am | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 11 am | 10 | 28 | 38 |
| 12 pm | 11 | 30 | 41 |
| 1 pm | 12 | 34 | 46 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 29 | 37 |
| 3 pm | 17 | 35 | 52 |
| 4 pm | 6 | 29 | 35 |
| 5 pm | 17 | 32 | 49 |
| 6 pm | 15 | 32 | 47 |
| 7 pm | 9 | 32 | 41 |
| 8 pm | 17 | 52 | 69 |
| 9 pm | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| 10 pm | 14 | 25 | 39 |
| 11 pm | 6 | 39 | 45 |
| 12 am | 17 | 30 | 47 |
| 1 am | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 am | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 am | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 am | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 am | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Total with a known time | 273 | 607 | 880 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| 7 am | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| 8 am | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 9 am | 13 | 27 | 40 |
| 10 am | 13 | 25 | 38 |
| 11 am | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 12 pm | 15 | 29 | 44 |
| 1 pm | 8 | 29 | 37 |
| 2 pm | 13 | 36 | 49 |
| 3 pm | 9 | 37 | 46 |
| 4 pm | 18 | 30 | 48 |
| 5 pm | 14 | 30 | 44 |
| 6 pm | 24 | 39 | 63 |
| 7 pm | 15 | 44 | 59 |
| 8 pm | 11 | 27 | 38 |
| 9 pm | 13 | 24 | 37 |
| 10 pm | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| 11 pm | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| 12 am | 8 | 23 | 31 |
| 1 am | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 am | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 am | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 4 am | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 am | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Total with a known time | 273 | 586 | 859 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 761 | 1,950 | +56% |
| HomicideViolent | 6 | 15 | +98% |
| Theft, burglary and robberyProperty | 645 | 1,653 | −7% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 210 | 538 | +28% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 158 | 405 | +13% |
| Drug offensesOther | 53 | 136 | −16% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 30 | 77 | +3% |
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
- 39,024 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Los Angeles, CA
- All neighborhoods
- Los Angeles neighborhoods by reported crime rate