Los Angeles Vandalism

Los Angeles · Vandalism · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Los Angeles police open data recorded 25,395 vandalism incidents, 11.6% of all 219,415 incidents reported in the city that year and up 2.4% from 2024. That is about 655 per 100,000 residents, compared with 741 per 100,000 across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 18,293 vandalism incidents have been published.

Vandalism in Los Angeles by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)18,293——
202525,395655up 2.4%
202424,809640up 38.7%
202317,882461down 3.4%
202218,504477down 7.6%
202120,034517up 0.5%
202019,939514down 2.4%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 340,862 vandalism incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most vandalism (2025)

  1. Central 2,077 incidents
  2. N Hollywood 1,587 incidents
  3. Olympic 1,518 incidents
  4. Wilshire 1,442 incidents
  5. Southwest 1,435 incidents
  6. 77th Street 1,327 incidents
  7. Topanga 1,301 incidents
  8. Pacific 1,289 incidents

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

Questions

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

25,395, according to Los Angeles Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is vandalism going up or down in Los Angeles?

Reported vandalism was up 2.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 37.2% compared with 2022 (rising 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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