Los Angeles Theft

Los Angeles · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Los Angeles police open data recorded 57,476 theft incidents, 26.2% of all 219,415 incidents reported in the city that year and up 21.5% from 2024. That is about 1,482 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 44,663 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Los Angeles by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)44,663——
202557,4761,482up 21.5%
202447,3011,220down 10.0%
202352,5561,355down 2.9%
202254,1041,395up 45.4%
202137,201959up 9.3%
202034,031877down 26.7%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 771,247 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Pacific 4,289 incidents
  2. Central 3,534 incidents
  3. Southwest 3,400 incidents
  4. N Hollywood 3,207 incidents
  5. Wilshire 3,108 incidents
  6. Hollywood 3,100 incidents
  7. Topanga 2,994 incidents
  8. West LA 2,883 incidents

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

Questions

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

57,476, according to Los Angeles Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Los Angeles?

Reported theft was up 21.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 6.2% 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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