L.A. On Pace For Lowest Homicide Rate In 60 Years

Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Homicides across Los Angeles fell by more than 20% in the first half of the year, leaving the city on pace to end 2025 with its lowest total for that crime category in nearly 60 years, according to an LAPD tally. Although violent crime persists in parts of the city, homicides overall in L.A. have dropped to 116 through June 28, the most recent date for which reliable data were available, compared to 152 in the same period last year. Homicides have been on a steady downward trajectory since 2021, when total killings eclipsed 400 amid the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic. The falling homicide rate in the years since mirrors a national trend, with Baltimore, Detroit and other major cities recording similar declines.

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"NO no no... criminals murderers rapist immigrants INVASION everywhere!!!"

Think of the cats!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-09 12:04 PM | Reply

The Haitians are eating them.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-09 12:17 PM | Reply

Trump is elected, law and order is restored, and illegals are deported resulting in a huge drop in crime. You are welcome you ------- liberals.

#3 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-07-09 12:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Trump is elected, law and order is restored, and illegals are deported resulting in a huge drop in crime. You are welcome you ------- liberals.

Posted by ScottS at 2025-07-09 12:19 PM | Reply

Your desperation is showing.

#4 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-09 12:21 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Scatberg's child-raping hero did this.

2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever

apnews.com

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-09 12:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Trump is elected, law and order is restored, and illegals are deported resulting in a huge drop in crime.

#3 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

You know that most of those arrested have been productive members of their community.

You also know that Trump goes after them because going after the real bad boys is too hard.

But I understand. Donald has so little real accomplishments that you feel compelled to make one up.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-09 12:35 PM | Reply

#3 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

Let's talk about the increase in flood deaths under Trump.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-09 12:37 PM | Reply

Re 3

A curfew will do that.

I bet you just can't wait for one in your town.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-07-09 12:46 PM | Reply

Hey Squatty, take a look at the graph in the story and the go ---- yourself, you lying sack of ----.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-09 12:51 PM | Reply

Trump is elected, law and order is restored, and illegals are deported resulting in a huge drop in crime. You are welcome you ------- liberals.

#3 | Posted by ScottS

Odd...

They've been dropping since Biden became President.

Guess we should bring back Biden!

#10 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-09 01:23 PM | Reply

Trump is elected, law and order is restored, and illegals are deported resulting in a huge drop in crime. You are welcome you ------- liberals.

#3 | Posted by ScottS

The only world where law and order needed to be "restored" was MAGA fantasy land.

You morons have spent four years s*&^ting on your country and are now magically seeing everything as being great despite there being little to no change in reality beyond the authoritarian "fixes" MAGA is instituting to fix non-existent problems.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-09 01:40 PM | Reply

Yeah, Trump is great at fixing MAGA Myths.... because they are myths.

Immigrants of every variety STILL commit much less crime per capita than do US citizens, despite the MAGA LIES to the contrary.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-09 02:32 PM | Reply

Reich wing racist ----- like Squats should be rounded up and pushed out of helicopters.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-09 05:06 PM | Reply

#13:

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-07-09 05:36 PM | Reply

Let's talk about the increase in flood deaths under Trump.
#7 | POSTED BY ZED

Actually flood deaths are lower right now under Trump than Biden.

NorthCarolina, and Helene and Milton alone.

Time will tell but nice to see you cheering for more deaths and destruction of your fellow Americans, to own the cons.

#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-07-09 05:48 PM | Reply

Immigrants of every variety STILL commit much less crime per capita than do US citizens, despite the MAGA LIES to the contrary.

#12 | POSTED BY CORKY

Don't bunch me, my family, and most of my fellow employees, in with illegal immigrants that already committed crime when they crossed the border, or overstayed their visa.

#16 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-07-09 05:50 PM | Reply

Actually flood deaths are lower right now under Trump than Biden.

#15 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

It's been seven months.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-09 06:00 PM | Reply

NorthCarolina, and Helene and Milton alone.

#15 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

It's going to be a bad hurricane season and Trump is going to screw it up.

That's my prediction. What's yours?

#18 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-09 06:02 PM | Reply

Homicides in the U.S. in 2020 increased nearly 30% over the previous year, the largest one-year jump since the FBI began keeping records, according to figures released Monday by the agency.

The demented orange pedo's legacy is something for IAMRUNT to crow about.

#19 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-09 06:32 PM | Reply

... Homicides across Los Angeles fell by more than 20% in the first half of the year, leaving the city on pace to end 2025 with its lowest total for that crime category in nearly 60 years, according to an LAPD tally. ...

Excellent.

Kudos to Los Angeles.

Hopefully, the start of a trend.

#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-09 07:07 PM | Reply

There's a nice graph in the story. Ffs.

#21 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-09 07:28 PM | Reply

Total City of LA murders by year:

2016: 294 - Obama's miserable legacy
2017: 282 - Trump fixing the Democrat problem
2018: 258 - Trump fixing the Democrat problem
2019: 258 - Trump fixing the Democrat problem
2020: 355 - Democrat 'summer of love'
2021: 402 - Joe Biden saying Trump put up rookie numbers
2022: 392 - Continued Biden incompetence - so bad the DA had a recall effort
2023: 327 - Continued taxpayer revolt
2024: 268 - Democrats trying to cool their violent followers for the election

So, in 4 years, Biden racked up 20% more bodies than Trump - who had great numbers until the Democrats spurred the 'summer of love'. Only in 2024 did the Dems start to make actual progress but still did not reach the lowest put up by Trump.

#22 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-07-10 12:23 AM | Reply

So cool to see both the oneironaut and ScottS current aliases assaulting a thread at the same time.

A tag team?

Wish I knew.

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-10 12:34 AM | Reply

2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever

The brain dead orange child rapist's gift to America.

#24 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-10 12:49 AM | Reply