LAPD interim chief says burglaries are on the rise in Los Angeles

Austin Turner
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There were more burglaries in Los Angeles during the first half of 2024 than any other year since 2017, according to LAPD’s interim chief.

During a Police Commissions Meeting on Tuesday, Interim Chief Dominic Choi said burglaries between Jan. 1 and July 6 were up 4% compared to the same time frame of 2024. In all, there were 7,856 burglaries in those six months this year — the most L.A. has seen in the first half of any year since 2018, according to Crosstown LA.

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Those figures sum up the total burglaries. Commercial burglaries in particular were also up 4% from 2023, but down 2% from 2022.

Commercial burglaries make up 44% of all burglaries in L.A., Choi said.

Residential burglaries are up 4% from last year and nearly 9% from 2022.

These numbers come as frequent burglary and robbery schemes pop up throughout L.A. Earlier this week, the LAPD arrested three men they called the “reflector vest crew,” who posed as construction workers to burglarize homes.

The 2023 year end report, released in January, revealed that violent crimes and homicides were down last year, but property crimes and thefts were up 3.5% from 2022.

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