Data through August 2026, Los Angeles Police Department

Crime in Vernon Central, Los Angeles

The violent crime rate in Vernon Central is 1,339 per 100,000 residents per year, 6% above Los Angeles as a whole (1,262). It ranks 46 of 132 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

1,339 per 100,000 residents, per year

653 reported in the last 12 months

+6% vs. Los Angeles (1,262)

Property crime

1,487 per 100,000 residents, per year

725 reported in the last 12 months

−42% vs. Los Angeles (2,548)

All reported

3,078 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,501 reported in the last 12 months

−24% vs. Los Angeles (4,045)

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 48,767 for Vernon Central. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.

Where Vernon Central sits in Los Angeles, and where incidents concentrate

rank 46 of 132

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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.

Vernon Central is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 46 of 132. Nearby in the ranking: Marina Peninsula (1,367), Van Nuys (1,346), Little Bangladesh (1,325), West Adams (1,286).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
0143XX S Central Ave	15	14	2%
0213XX E 41st St	13	8	2%
0342XX Avalon Blvd	13	1	2%
0416XX E 27th St	9	4	1%
0544XX Long Beach Ave	9	3	1%
0613XX E 48th Pl	7	1	1%
0751XX Avalon Blvd	7	1	1%
0846XX Compton Ave	7	0	1%
0910XX E 53rd St	6	3	1%
1049XX S Central Ave	6	3	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 14% of Vernon Central’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

When crime happens in Vernon Central

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Vernon Central happened between 2 pm and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 5 pm

Property crime busiest hour 10 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

Violent crime in Vernon Central by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	1	6	7
7 am	4	9	13
8 am	8	15	23
9 am	7	18	25
10 am	10	18	28
11 am	9	25	34
12 pm	5	24	29
1 pm	10	19	29
2 pm	19	33	52
3 pm	17	23	40
4 pm	15	35	50
5 pm	19	43	62
6 pm	15	31	46
7 pm	9	36	45
8 pm	13	29	42
9 pm	11	36	47
10 pm	8	38	46
11 pm	9	26	35
12 am	13	20	33
1 am	12	14	26
2 am	7	14	21
3 am	9	6	15
4 am	3	9	12
5 am	5	1	6
Total with a known time	238	528	766

Property crime in Vernon Central by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	2	10	12
7 am	5	8	13
8 am	2	17	19
9 am	7	10	17
10 am	7	21	28
11 am	9	14	23
12 pm	9	18	27
1 pm	6	32	38
2 pm	8	19	27
3 pm	5	17	22
4 pm	8	23	31
5 pm	17	23	40
6 pm	17	23	40
7 pm	10	23	33
8 pm	5	30	35
9 pm	10	30	40
10 pm	17	30	47
11 pm	8	20	28
12 am	12	18	30
1 am	6	14	20
2 am	7	13	20
3 am	5	8	13
4 am	5	11	16
5 am	1	16	17
Total with a known time	188	448	636

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Los Angeles
Assault and batteryViolent	650	1,333	+6%
HomicideViolent	3	6.2	−21%
Theft, burglary and robberyProperty	369	757	−57%
Vehicle theftProperty	209	429	+2%
Property damage and arsonProperty	147	301	−16%
Weapons offensesOther	88	180	+142%
Drug offensesOther	35	72	−55%

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: 48,767 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
City page: Crime in Los Angeles, CA
All neighborhoods: Los Angeles neighborhoods by reported crime rate

Month	Violent crimes in Vernon Central
Sep 2025	44
Oct 2025	45
Nov 2025	52
Dec 2025	59
Jan 2026	54
Feb 2026	60
Mar 2026	59
Apr 2026	61
May 2026	56
Jun 2026	64
Jul 2026	49
Aug 2026	50