Los Angeles Assault

Los Angeles · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Los Angeles police open data recorded 44,582 assault incidents, 20.3% of all 219,415 incidents reported in the city that year and down 3.3% from 2024. That is about 1,149 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 38,606 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Los Angeles by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)38,606——
202544,5821,149down 3.3%
202446,0851,188down 4.8%
202348,4051,248up 0.9%
202247,9881,237up 5.2%
202145,5971,176up 1.8%
202044,7861,155down 6.6%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 742,317 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. 77th Street 3,589 incidents
  2. Central 3,461 incidents
  3. Southwest 2,803 incidents
  4. Southeast 2,785 incidents
  5. Rampart 2,685 incidents
  6. Olympic 2,684 incidents
  7. Newton 2,606 incidents
  8. Hollywood 2,206 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Los Angeles in 2025?

44,582, according to Los Angeles Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Los Angeles?

Reported assault was down 3.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 7.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Los Angeles Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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