From follow-home burglaries to attacks and even killings on the Metro system, there's been no shortage of headlines about crime in Los Angeles. For answers, "LA Times Today" turned to Crosstown LA, a nonprofit that does data journalism at USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism. Crosstown LA compiles public data from the LAPD and creates data-driven stories tracking crime rates, COVID spikes and other news. Regardie spoke about the number of burglaries in LA, and why some data may be unreliable. Car thefts in Los Angeles, Regardie said, are a mixed bag since the pandemic.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 17, 2024 20:32 UTC