Crime alerts for Gramercy Park, Mission Hills, 18 other L.A. neighborhoods

By Ben Welsh and Thomas Suh Lauder, Los Angeles Times

Sept. 6, 2013 10:05 AM PT

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 20 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of Los Angeles Police Department data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.

Twelve neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Gramercy Park (A) was the most unusual, recording 10 reports compared with a weekly average of 3.2 over the last three months.

Mission Hills (M) topped the list of 10 neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 17 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 7.4 over the last three months.

Two neighborhoods triggered alerts for violent and property crime.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Aug. 26–Sept. 1, the most recent seven days for which data are available. This post was automatically created by an algorithm written by the authors.

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Gramercy Park	3.2	10
Northridge	2.2	7
Vermont Square	13.1	22
Hyde Park	8.1	15
Van Nuys	8.3	17
Fairfax	1.3	4
Harvard Park	3.8	8
Los Feliz	1.7	4
Wilmington	3.5	7
North Hollywood	5.2	11
San Pedro	4.5	9
Panorama City	6.0	8

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Mission Hills	7.4	17
Historic South-Central	24.2	35
Shadow Hills	3.9	8
West Los Angeles	7.8	13
Pacific Palisades	6.6	15
Echo Park	12.5	18
Northridge	25.6	38
Playa del Rey	4.6	10
Reseda	19.3	23
Harvard Park	10.0	13