Crime alerts for Valley Village and eight other L.A. neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 11 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.

Ten neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Valley Village (A) was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.5 over the last three months.

Arlington Heights (K) was the lone neighborhood with a property-crime alert. It recorded 13 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 5.6 over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Feb. 14 to Feb. 20, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

— Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Valley Village	0.5	3
Harbor City	1.0	3
Harvard Park	2.9	7
Valley Glen	2.9	7
Vermont-Slauson	7.9	15
North Hills	2.9	7
South Park	4.9	9
Westlake	16.3	24
Cypress Park	1.2	5
Pico-Union	4.4	8

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Arlington Heights	5.6	13

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.

Crime alerts for Harbor City, Arlington Heights and 5 other L.A. neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in seven L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of Los Angeles Police Department data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.

Five neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Harbor City (A) was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 1.0 over the last three months.

Arlington Heights (F) topped the list of two neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 14 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 5.6 over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Feb. 13–19, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

— Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Harbor City	1.0	3
Sylmar	2.5	6
Valley Glen	2.9	7
North Hills	2.9	8
Westlake	16.3	23

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Arlington Heights	5.6	14
Chinatown	3.5	7

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.

Crime alerts for Mission Hills, Larchmont and 7 other neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in nine L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.

Six neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Mission Hills (A) was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.8 over the last three months.

Larchmont (G) topped the list of three neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded nine property crimes compared with its weekly average of 4.0 over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Feb. 11–Feb. 17, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

— Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Mission Hills	0.8	3
North Hills	2.9	8
Westlake	16.5	26
Venice	3.1	6
Sylmar	2.5	5
Mar Vista	0.8	3

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Larchmont	4.0	9
Arlington Heights	5.6	12
Sun Valley	26.6	40

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.

Crime alerts for Central-Alameda and 11 other L.A. neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 12 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database.

Six neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Central-Alameda (A) was the most unusual, recording 14 reports compared with a weekly average of 5.8 over the last three months.

Larchmont (G) topped the list of six neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded nine property crimes compared with its weekly average of four over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Feb. 10–Feb. 16, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

-- Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Central-Alameda	5.8	14
Mission Hills	0.8	3
Mar Vista	0.8	4
Sylmar	2.5	6
Highland Park	2.9	7
North Hills	2.9	6

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Larchmont	4.0	9
Montecito Heights	5.2	10
Sun Valley	26.5	39
Arlington Heights	5.6	11
Canoga Park	31.4	44
Bel-Air	1.6	4

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.

Crime alerts for Tujunga, Woodland Hills and seven other L.A. neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in nine L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.

Five neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Tujunga (A) was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.8 over the last three months.

Woodland Hills (F) topped the list of four neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 56 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 33.8 over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Jan. 31–Feb. 6, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

— Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Tujunga	0.8	3
Highland Park	2.8	6
Sherman Oaks	1.4	3
Boyle Heights	7.5	13
Panorama City	6.8	12

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Woodland Hills	33.8	56
University Park	14.7	24
Studio City	25.6	39
Lake Balboa	9.9	15

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.

Crime alerts for Florence and 10 other L.A. neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 11 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database.

Five neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Florence (A) was the most unusual, recording 20 reports compared with a weekly average of 11 over the last three months.

Green Meadows (F) topped the list of seven neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 35 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 19.5 over the last three months.

One neighborhood triggered alerts for both violent and property crime.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Jan. 27–Feb. 2, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

-- Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Florence	11.0	20
Westlake	15.7	23
North Hills	3.1	6
Broadway-Manchester	6.7	11
Vermont Knolls	7.5	12

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Green Meadows	19.5	35
Studio City	25.4	41
Watts	20.0	36
University Park	14.7	24
Arlington Heights	4.6	9
Vermont-Slauson	16.8	24
Broadway-Manchester	14.5	20

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.

Crime alerts for Florence, Watts and seven other L.A. neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in nine L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database.

Four neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Florence (A) was the most unusual, recording 19 reports compared with a weekly average of 11 over the last three months.

Watts (E) topped the list of five neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 39 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 20 over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Jan. 26–Feb. 1, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

-- Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Florence	11.0	19
Westlake	15.7	27
North Hollywood	5.8	14
Adams-Normandie	2.5	7

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Watts	20.0	39
Studio City	25.3	41
Green Meadows	19.5	31
Exposition Park	14.8	21
University Park	14.7	22

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.

The Times releases interactive map of past L.A. mayoral elections

The Times is releasing an interactive map showing results from the past three mayoral elections in Los Angeles. Readers can study the broad geographic patterns or search any address in the city to discover who voters nearby supported.

You can find the map at graphics.latimes.com/la-mayoral-maps/.

It will be updated soon after the upcoming March 5 primary when the city clerk’s office releases provisional results for the 1,559 precincts where ballots will be cast.

Results are presented as a series of dot-density maps, each dot representing a voter in one of the hundreds of precincts across the city. The dots are randomly placed within precinct boundaries and colored according to the candidate each voter selected.

Also available for each race is a companion map that colors in each precinct for the candidate who received the most votes there.

Vote-by-mail ballots are included in overall totals but not mapped for the 2001 and 2005 contests. This is because the city clerk’s office did not begin recording votes cast by mail by precinct until 2007, according to Peter Flores, a systems analyst in the city clerk’s office.

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— Ben Welsh

Photo: An excerpt from The Times' map of results from the 2005 mayoral primary. Credit: Ben Welsh

Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near San Simeon

A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Friday morning seven miles from San Simeon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:28 a.m. PST at a depth of 3.7 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was eight miles from Cambria, 12 miles from Lake Nacimiento, 22 miles from Paso Robles and 124 miles from San Jose City Hall.

In the past 10 days, there has been one earthquake magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby.

Read more about California earthquakes on L.A. Now.

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-- Ken Schwencke

Image: A map shows the location of the epicenter of Friday morning's quake near San Simeon. Credit: Google Maps

Crime alerts for Florence and 13 other L.A. neighborhoods

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 14 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database.

Three neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Florence (A) was the most unusual, recording 19 reports compared with a weekly average of 11 over the last three months.

Arlington Heights (D) topped the list of 11 neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 12 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 4.6 over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for Jan. 22–Jan. 28, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

-- Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Violent crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Florence	11.0	19
Gramercy Park	3.2	7
Manchester Square	2.9	7

Property crime up significantly

Neighborhood	Average	Reports
Arlington Heights	4.6	12
Harbor City	9.1	17
Lincoln Heights	8.6	19
Winnetka	17.1	27
Watts	20.0	36
Chinatown	3.5	7
University Park	14.5	24
Porter Ranch	8.2	17
Exposition Park	14.5	21
Eagle Rock	14.2	20
Broadway-Manchester	14.5	20

What triggers a crime alert? Learn about the process in the FAQ for our crime database.