Los Angeles, CA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in the Los Angeles area in green. The most dangerous areas in the Los Angeles area are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Los Angeles, CA Safe from Murder?

The B grade means the rate of murder is slightly lower than the average US city. Los Angeles is in the 62nd percentile for safety, meaning 38% of cities are safer and 62% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to the Los Angeles area's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in the Los Angeles area is 0.0471 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in the Los Angeles area generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in the Los Angeles area may be as high as 1 in 12,410 in the west neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 56,912 in the southeast part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of Los Angeles, CA: about 142 per year. The northeast part of the Los Angeles area has fewer cases of murder with only 17 in a typical year.

How Los Angeles's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in the Los Angeles area to the California state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, the Los Angeles area is safer than the California state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Los Angeles, CA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Los Angeles about $1,180,146,816 in 2025, or roughly $89 per resident. This is part of the Los Angeles area's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Los Angeles, including every crime type and how Los Angeles compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Los Angeles's crime maps on the Los Angeles overall crime page.

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Individual Los Angeles Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in the Los Angeles area is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Los Angeles area.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
View Park-Windsor Hills, CA	D-	F	F	D+
West Hollywood, CA	F	F	F	C+
Ladera Heights, CA	D-	D-	D-	C-
Florence-Graham, CA	D+	D-	D	D-
Beverly Hills, CA	F	F	F	C-
Culver City, CA	D-	D-	F	C
Inglewood, CA	D	D-	D-	C-
Huntington Park, CA	D	D-	D-	C-
Westmont, CA	D+	D-	D	D-
Vernon, CA	F	F	F	F

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Los Angeles is lower versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Chicago, IL	C-	C	C	C-
Dallas, TX	D+	D+	D+	B-
New York, NY	B-	C	C	B+
Houston, TX	D	D	D	D-
Philadelphia, PA	C+	B-	B-	D+
Miami, FL	B	C+	C+	C-
Atlanta, GA	C	C-	C-	D+
Washington, DC	C-	C	C	D-
San Francisco, CA	D	D	D	D
Phoenix, AZ	C	C-	C-	C

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Los Angeles, CA average SchoolGrade of C, with 36% actual proficiency versus 35% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Los Angeles schools on SchoolGrade

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