Deadly patterns
August is the deadliest month, Saturday the deadliest day and 9 to 10 p.m. the most dangerous hour, according to statistics for the city of Los Angeles. Here’s a closer look at the city’s figures for 2004.
By location
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Aug. 17, 2005 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday August 17, 2005 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 44 words Type of Material: Correction
Homicide chart -- In a graphic on Los Angeles homicide statistics in Tuesday’s California section, the bar in the “time of day” chart representing the number of homicides committed between 4 and 5 p.m. was missing. The correct number for that hour is 17.
Outdoors: 68%
Residential: 21%
Business: 5%
Vehicle: 4%
Entertainment venue: 2%
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By cause of death
Gunshot: 81%
Stabbing: 7%
Blunt force: 5%
Strangulation: 2%
Other*: 5%
* Includes deaths by vehicle assault, asphyxiation, suffocation
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Victims by race/ethnicity
Latino: 49%
Black: 39%
White: 7%
Other: 3%
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Rate per 100,000 population
Black: 50
Other: 15
Hispanic: 15
White: 3
Asian: 2
Rates based on 2004 homicides. Population statistics are from the 2000 census.
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Today’s graphic is the second in a series about homicide that will run in August.
Sources: Los Angeles Police Department, FBI Uniform Crime Reports, Census Bureau
Data analysis by Doug Smith and Sandra Poindexter.
Los Angeles Times
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