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Latest complete week May 8–May 14

10	violent crimes

42	property crimes

4.2	crimes per 10,000 people

In the seven days between May 8 and May 14, violent crime reports were about average and property crime reports jumped significantly.
Over the last three months, Koreatown averaged 10.1 violent crimes and 33.0 property crimes per week.
This week's rate of 4.2 crimes per 10,000 people is higher than in nearby Silver Lake, Westlake, Pico-Union and Harvard Heights and lower than Windsor Square, Larchmont, Arlington Heights, Mid-Wilshire 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.

Alerts | Reports

Location	Crime	Date and time
8th and Kenmore	Robbery	May 14, 9:45 p.m.
3400 block of West 6th Street	Theft	May 14, 9:15 p.m.
7th and Irolo streets	Grand theft auto	May 14, 7 p.m.
100 block of South Westmoreland Avenue	Aggravated assault	May 14, 3:05 p.m.
500 block of South Saint Andrews Place	Theft from vehicle	May 14, 8:35 a.m.
Vermont Avenue and 8th Street	Robbery	May 14, 2 a.m.
700 block of South Oxford Avenue	Theft	May 13, 8:30 p.m.
900 block of South Western Avenue	Theft	May 13, 4:30 p.m.
3700 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	May 13, 12:30 p.m.
300 block of South Virgil Avenue	Theft from vehicle	May 13, 4:30 a.m.
300 block of South Saint Andrews Place	Burglary	May 12, 11:45 p.m.
Crenshaw and Wilshire boulevards	Robbery	May 12, 10:30 p.m.
3rd and Vermont	Robbery	May 12, 10:30 p.m.
400 block of South Hobart Boulevard	Theft from vehicle	May 12, 10 p.m.
3900 block of Ingraham Street	Theft from vehicle	May 12, 7:50 p.m.
400 block of South Alexandria Avenue	Theft from vehicle	May 12, 7 p.m.
100 block of North Mariposa Avenue	Theft	May 12, 6 p.m.
500 block of South Hobart Boulevard	Theft from vehicle	May 12, 4 p.m.
Catalina and 1st Street	Theft	May 12, 2:30 p.m.
400 block of South Ardmore Avenue	Theft from vehicle	May 12, 2 p.m.
3900 block of West 9th Street	Theft	May 12, 11 a.m.
400 block of South Western Avenue	Aggravated assault	May 12, 1:40 a.m.
100 block of South Vermont Avenue	Theft	May 11, 10:45 p.m.
10th and Gramercy	Theft from vehicle	May 11, 9 p.m.
10th Street and Gramercy	Theft from vehicle	May 11, 9 p.m.
3700 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	May 11, 6:40 p.m.
3300 block of West Olympic Boulevard	Theft from vehicle	May 11, 6 p.m.
Western Avenue and Beverly Boulevard	Theft	May 11, 3 p.m.
Vermont and Olympic Boulevard	Theft from vehicle	May 11, noon
300 block of South Vermont Avenue	Theft	May 11, 11 a.m.
3700 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	May 10, 8:30 p.m.
300 block of South Saint Andrews Place	Burglary	May 10, 6 p.m.
Irolo and 8th streets	Grand theft auto	May 10, 6 p.m.
3700 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	May 10, 3:20 p.m.
700 block of South Norton Avenue	Burglary	May 10, 7:30 a.m.
8th and Normandie	Robbery	May 9, 11:05 p.m.
600 block of Irolo Street	Burglary	May 9, 8 p.m.
100 block of North Harvard Boulevard	Burglary	May 9, 5 p.m.
500 block of South Harvard Boulevard	Burglary	May 9, 5 p.m.
800 block of South Norton Avenue	Theft from vehicle	May 9, 3 p.m.
3200 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	May 9, 2:50 p.m.
6th Street and Kenmore Avenue	Robbery	May 9, 2:15 p.m.
700 block of South Manhattan Place	Burglary	May 9, 2 p.m.
3800 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	May 9, 8:30 a.m.
2nd Street and Wilton Place	Robbery	May 9, 3 a.m.
3700 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft	May 8, 7:30 p.m.
400 block of South Westmoreland Avenue	Theft from vehicle	May 8, 7 p.m.
Olympic Boulevard and Hobart Street	Theft	May 8, 4:40 p.m.
3800 block of West 8th Street	Aggravated assault	May 8, 1:20 p.m.
500 block of South Westmoreland Avenue	Theft	May 8, 11:36 a.m.
4000 block of Wilshire Boulevard	Theft from vehicle	May 8, 9 a.m.
600 block of South Western Avenue	Theft	May 8, 3 a.m.

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Six-month summary

278	violent crimes

896	property crimes

94.5	crimes per 10,000 people

Six-month summaries are based on the latest six months where data are available from all departments, Oct. 15, 2012 to April 14, 2013
Over the last six months, the rate of 94.5 crimes per 10,000 people is higher than in nearby Arlington Heights and lower than Silver Lake, Westlake, Windsor Square, Pico-Union, Larchmont, 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: 48/209

Koreatown

Property crimes: 150/209

Koreatown

Crime types

Violent crimes (278)	Property crimes (896)

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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