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Latest complete week Feb. 15–Feb. 21

6	violent crimes

51	property crimes

4.6	crimes per 10,000 people

In the seven days between Feb. 15 and Feb. 21, violent crime reports dipped and property crime reports jumped significantly.
Over the last three months, Koreatown averaged 9.4 violent crimes and 38.2 property crimes per week.
This week's rate of 4.6 crimes per 10,000 people is higher than in nearby Silver Lake, Pico-Union, Arlington Heights and Mid-Wilshire and lower than Westlake, Windsor Square, Larchmont, Harvard Heights and East Hollywood.
A 2008 population estimate of 124,281 from the L.A. Department of City Planning is used to calculate per-capita totals.

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Location	Crime	Date and time
3200 block of West 3rd Street	Burglary	Feb. 21, 6 p.m.
7th Street and Wilton Place	Grand theft auto	Feb. 21, 6 p.m.
8th Street and Wilton Place	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 21, 8 a.m.
3200 block of West 6th Street	Theft	Feb. 21, 7:30 a.m.
400 block of South Catalina Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 20, 11:50 p.m.
2nd Street and Hobart Boulevard	Robbery	Feb. 20, 11 p.m.
Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue	Theft	Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m.
300 block of South Alexandria Avenue	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 20, 7 p.m.
3700 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	Feb. 20, 6:12 p.m.
Gramercy and Wilshire	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 20, 3:40 p.m.
900 block of South Western Avenue	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 20, 12:30 p.m.
100 block of South Vermont Avenue	Robbery	Feb. 20, noon
4000 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Burglary	Feb. 20, 4:10 a.m.
6th and Shatto	Robbery	Feb. 19, 9:40 p.m.
3700 block of West 1st Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 19, 9 p.m.
New Hampshire and 8th	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 19, 6 p.m.
300 block of South Alexandria Avenue	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 19, 5 p.m.
2600 block of West Olympic Boulevard	Theft	Feb. 19, 4:20 p.m.
800 block of South Harvard Boulevard	Burglary	Feb. 19, 3 p.m.
800 block of Crenshaw Boulevard	Theft	Feb. 19, 2 p.m.
100 block of South Vermont Avenue	Theft	Feb. 19, 12:30 p.m.
2700 block of West Olympic Boulevard	Theft	Feb. 19, noon
200 block of South Virgil Avenue	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 19, 7 a.m.
Vermont and Wilshire	Robbery	Feb. 19, 5:20 a.m.
400 block of South Alexandria Avenue	Grand theft auto	Feb. 18, 10:30 p.m.
Virgil and 2nd Street	Robbery	Feb. 18, 8:40 p.m.
Kingsley and Wilshire	Theft	Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.
San Marino and Western	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 18, 6:45 p.m.
800 block of South Catalina Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 18, 6 p.m.
6th Street and Kingsley Drive	Grand theft auto	Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m.
1st Street and Kenmore Avenue	Aggravated assault	Feb. 17, 11:50 p.m.
3600 block of San Marino Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 17, 10 p.m.
900 block of South New Hampshire Avenue	Grand theft auto	Feb. 17, 3 p.m.
600 block of South Western Avenue	Theft	Feb. 17, 2:20 p.m.
100 block of South Virgil Avenue	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 17, 2 p.m.
5th Street and Shatto Place	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 17, 12:20 p.m.
2900 block of James M Wood Street	Grand theft auto	Feb. 17, 11:20 a.m.
100 block of South Madison Avenue	Burglary	Feb. 17, 11 a.m.
500 block of South Gramercy Place	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 17, 10:30 a.m.
500 block of South Kenmore Avenue	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 17, 10 a.m.
3700 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	Feb. 16, 11:55 p.m.
New Hampshire and 8th Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 16, 11 p.m.
Catalina and Olympic	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 16, 11 p.m.
200 block of North Kenmore Avenue	Grand theft auto	Feb. 16, 11 p.m.
300 block of South Ardmore Avenue	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 16, 10:30 p.m.
West Western and Ingraham Street	Grand theft auto	Feb. 16, 9:45 p.m.
Wilton Place and 10th Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 16, 7:45 p.m.
Oxford Avenue and 4th Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 16, 7 p.m.
Saint Andrews Place and 4th Street	Grand theft auto	Feb. 16, 4 p.m.
3500 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	Feb. 16, 3 p.m.
900 block of South Kenmore Avenue	Burglary	Feb. 16, 11:25 a.m.
3300 block of West 2nd Street	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 15, 10:45 p.m.
Olympic Boulevard and Serrano	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 15, 8 p.m.
Olympic Boulevard and Normandie Avenue	Theft	Feb. 15, 7 p.m.
700 block of South Catalina Street	Theft	Feb. 15, 9 a.m.
400 block of South Ardmore Avenue	Grand theft auto	Feb. 15, 9 a.m.
3900 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft from vehicle	Feb. 15, 1 a.m.

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Six-month summary

255	violent crimes

979	property crimes

99.3	crimes per 10,000 people

Six-month summaries are based on the latest six months where data are available from all departments, July 25, 2011 to Jan. 22, 2012
Over the last six months, the rate of 99.3 crimes per 10,000 people is lower than in nearby Silver Lake, Westlake, Windsor Square, Pico-Union, Larchmont, Arlington Heights, Mid-Wilshire, Harvard Heights and East Hollywood.
A 2008 population estimate of 124,281 from the L.A. Department of City Planning is used to calculate per-capita totals.

Neighborhood Rank Crimes Per 10,000 people

Violent crimes: 68/209

Koreatown

Property crimes: 140/209

Koreatown

Crime types

Violent crimes (255)	Property crimes (979)

Monthly totals Adjusted to 30 days

All crimes Violent crimes Property crimes

— 500

— 0

Weekly totals

All crimes Violent crimes Property crimes

Police agency

Koreatown is covered by three police jurisdictions.

Jurisdiction	Department	Address	Phone
Olympic	L.A.P.D.	1130 S. Vermont Ave.	213-382-9102
Rampart	L.A.P.D.	1401 W. 6th St.	213-484-3400
Wilshire	L.A.P.D.	4861 Venice Blvd.	213-473-0476

Koreatown

is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles in the Central L.A. region of Los Angeles County. It contains Park Mile, Wilshire Center and Wilshire Park.

The neighboring communities are Arlington Heights, East Hollywood, Harvard Heights, Larchmont, Mid-Wilshire, Pico-Union, Silver Lake, Westlake and Windsor Square.

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