Crime in Westchester, Los Angeles

About 76,670 people work in Westchester, 1.5 times its 50,760 residents (Census jobs data, 2023). The rates divide by residents only, so they run high here: most people in Westchester on a weekday live somewhere else. The counts, and how they change from year to year, say more than the rate.

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 50,760 for Westchester. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.

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.

Westchester is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 64 of 132. Nearby in the ranking: Carthay (1,047), Mission Hills (1,046), Reseda (1,022), Jefferson Park (1,008).

“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 27% of Westchester’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.