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Mission Area Year-to-date Crime Summary

Crime in the Area dropped 2.2%, or 115 fewer crimes than last year, which is about two fewer crimes per week for the year.

Mission Area bettered the overall City drop in crime, which was down 1.5% for the year.

The most significant drops in crime came in reductions of
RAPE (-14.3%)
AGG assault (-10.8%)
BURG (-17.1%).

Many will note most of the reductions in crime were for violent crime, whereas the property crime has become more problematic over the last year.

The only violent crime category to increase in the year in Mission Area was HOMICIDE, which jumped 18%, with an additional 2 murders this year. Given the significant drop in AGG, the increase in HOMICIDE tends to be aberrational, rather than a trend. One murder incident resulted in a double murder in June. That gang case was solved with arrests. One murder was related to a party and three were related to domestic violence indoors among family members.

In addition to the double murder, four other murders were tagged as gang related, while one of those involved a gang member stabbing his grandmother.

Only three murders remain unsolved from 2012; two are gang related and one was related to drug trafficking.

Most categories of property crime increased this year, which was a common trend across the city. Only BURG dropped, primarily due to the higher number that occurred in 2011 as a result of the knock-knock burglar crews targeting the San Fernando Valley. City-wide property crime increased 1/10th of a percent, while in Mission Area it increased 6/10ths of a percent.

GTA (stolen cars) increased 0.1%, for one more car this year over last. BFMV (car burglary) increased 1.5% or 20 more break-ins this year. THEFT was the biggest increase at nearly 10% or 105 MORE thefts this year over 2011; that amounts to 2 more thefts per week.

Most indicators show the rise in THEFT and the year-long consistent rise in BFMV are greatly influenced by the state’s realignment in prisoners, which started October 2011. The majority of prisoners being sent to county jails and then released on unsupervised probation are generally convicts whose last conviction was for a property crime or a drug arrest. The vast majority property crimes are committed by narcotic users supporting their habit.


Prepared by
Lt. Paul Vernon