Violent crime
1,125 per 100,000 residents, per year
579 reported in the last 12 months
−11% vs. Los Angeles (1,262)
Data through August 2026, Los Angeles Police Department
The violent crime rate in Wilmington is 1,125 per 100,000 residents per year, 11% below Los Angeles as a whole (1,262). It ranks 53 of 132 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
Violent crime
1,125 per 100,000 residents, per year
579 reported in the last 12 months
−11% vs. Los Angeles (1,262)
Property crime
2,028 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,044 reported in the last 12 months
−20% vs. Los Angeles (2,548)
All reported
3,615 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,861 reported in the last 12 months
−11% vs. Los Angeles (4,045)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 51,487 for Wilmington. 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.
Wilmington is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 53 of 132. Nearby in the ranking: Melrose (1,195), Alsace (1,175), Echo Park (1,115), Lincoln Heights (1,104).
| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0113XX N Avalon Blvd | 12 | 5 | 2% |
| 023XX W Anaheim St | 11 | 37 | 2% |
| 034XX N Avalon Blvd | 11 | 10 | 2% |
| 043XX W Pacific Coast Hwy | 9 | 10 | 2% |
| 058XX N Banning Blvd | 9 | 8 | 2% |
| 068XX N Fries Ave | 9 | 3 | 2% |
| 072XX E Pacific Coast Hwy | 8 | 78 | 1% |
| 0815XX Lakme Ave | 8 | 8 | 1% |
| 0910XX N Wilmington Blvd | 7 | 2 | 1% |
| 1014XX Eubank Ave | 7 | 2 | 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 16% of Wilmington’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
| Month | Violent crimes in Wilmington |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 45 |
| Oct 2025 | 40 |
| Nov 2025 | 48 |
| Dec 2025 | 40 |
| Jan 2026 | 49 |
| Feb 2026 | 37 |
| Mar 2026 | 65 |
| Apr 2026 | 43 |
| May 2026 | 46 |
| Jun 2026 | 61 |
| Jul 2026 | 52 |
| Aug 2026 | 53 |
In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Wilmington happened between noon and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Violent crime busiest hour 7 pm
Property crime busiest hour 8 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.
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 7 am | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 am | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 9 am | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 10 am | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| 11 am | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 12 pm | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| 1 pm | 9 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 pm | 3 | 35 | 38 |
| 3 pm | 8 | 30 | 38 |
| 4 pm | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| 5 pm | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| 6 pm | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 7 pm | 11 | 30 | 41 |
| 8 pm | 11 | 29 | 40 |
| 9 pm | 9 | 25 | 34 |
| 10 pm | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| 11 pm | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 12 am | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 1 am | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 am | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 am | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 am | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 am | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total with a known time | 197 | 442 | 639 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 7 am | 8 | 24 | 32 |
| 8 am | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| 9 am | 6 | 38 | 44 |
| 10 am | 12 | 30 | 42 |
| 11 am | 15 | 23 | 38 |
| 12 pm | 14 | 33 | 47 |
| 1 pm | 12 | 30 | 42 |
| 2 pm | 11 | 33 | 44 |
| 3 pm | 14 | 31 | 45 |
| 4 pm | 11 | 44 | 55 |
| 5 pm | 11 | 37 | 48 |
| 6 pm | 19 | 30 | 49 |
| 7 pm | 18 | 41 | 59 |
| 8 pm | 23 | 53 | 76 |
| 9 pm | 11 | 38 | 49 |
| 10 pm | 7 | 45 | 52 |
| 11 pm | 15 | 23 | 38 |
| 12 am | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| 1 am | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 2 am | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 am | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 4 am | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| 5 am | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Total with a known time | 257 | 694 | 951 |
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 574 | 1,115 | −11% |
| HomicideViolent | 5 | 9.7 | +25% |
| Theft, burglary and robberyProperty | 606 | 1,177 | −34% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 263 | 511 | +22% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 175 | 340 | −5% |
| Drug offensesOther | 154 | 299 | +86% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 84 | 163 | +119% |