Violent crime
1,286 per 100,000 residents, per year
339 reported in the last 12 months
+2% vs. Los Angeles (1,262)
Data through August 2026, Los Angeles Police Department
Crime in West Adams, Los Angeles
The violent crime rate in West Adams is 1,286 per 100,000 residents per year, about the same as Los Angeles as a whole (1,262). It ranks 48 of 132 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Aug 2026Property crime
2,489 per 100,000 residents, per year
656 reported in the last 12 months
−2% vs. Los Angeles (2,548)
All reported
4,049 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,067 reported in the last 12 months
no change vs. Los Angeles (4,045)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 26,352 for West Adams. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.
Where West Adams sits in Los Angeles, and where incidents concentrate
rank 48 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.
West Adams is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 48 of 132. Nearby in the ranking: Vernon Central (1,339), Little Bangladesh (1,325), North Hollywood (1,282), Cloverdale/Cochran (1,234).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0126XX S Vermont Ave | 13 | 13 | 4% |
| 0214XX W Washington Blvd | 12 | 11 | 4% |
| 0326XX S Western Ave | 8 | 5 | 2% |
| 0432XX W Adams Blvd | 7 | 4 | 2% |
| 0513XX W Adams Blvd | 7 | 3 | 2% |
| 06W Washington Blvd & S Western Ave | 7 | 3 | 2% |
| 0716XX W Adams Blvd | 6 | 5 | 2% |
| 0816XX W 20th St | 6 | 3 | 2% |
| 09W Adams Blvd & S Vermont Ave | 6 | 2 | 2% |
| 1018XX W 20th St | 5 | 7 | 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 23% of West Adams’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 West Adams |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 29 |
| Oct 2025 | 36 |
| Nov 2025 | 21 |
| Dec 2025 | 32 |
| Jan 2026 | 26 |
| Feb 2026 | 23 |
| Mar 2026 | 31 |
| Apr 2026 | 17 |
| May 2026 | 26 |
| Jun 2026 | 35 |
| Jul 2026 | 36 |
| Aug 2026 | 27 |
When crime happens in West Adams
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in West Adams happened between 3 pm and midnight. No day of the week stood out.
Violent crime busiest hour 10 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; 1% 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 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 am | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 am | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 10 am | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 11 am | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 12 pm | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 1 pm | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 2 pm | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 pm | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 pm | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 pm | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 6 pm | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 7 pm | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 9 pm | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 10 pm | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 11 pm | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 am | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 1 am | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 am | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 am | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 am | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Total with a known time | 117 | 271 | 388 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 am | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 8 am | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 am | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 10 am | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| 11 am | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 12 pm | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 1 pm | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 pm | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 pm | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 4 pm | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 5 pm | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 6 pm | 13 | 35 | 48 |
| 7 pm | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 8 pm | 9 | 23 | 32 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 33 | 40 |
| 10 pm | 9 | 31 | 40 |
| 11 pm | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| 12 am | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 1 am | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 am | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 am | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 am | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Total with a known time | 169 | 418 | 587 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 337 | 1,279 | +2% |
| HomicideViolent | 2 | 7.6 | −2% |
| Theft, burglary and robberyProperty | 381 | 1,446 | −18% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 161 | 611 | +45% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 114 | 433 | +21% |
| Drug offensesOther | 50 | 190 | +18% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 22 | 83 | +12% |
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
- 26,352 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Los Angeles, CA
- All neighborhoods
- Los Angeles neighborhoods by reported crime rate