Los Angeles, California · Neighborhood crime trends

Los Angeles Westside and South Bay

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Westside and South Bay, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

19 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

Los Angeles as a whole averaged 14.4 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while Westside and South Bay averaged 10.8, hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 19 neighborhoods of Westside and South Bay compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 4,749 crimes across them, 10.8 for every 1,000 residents. That is 2.1% below a year earlier and 17.2% below Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Beverlywood has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (4.2 per 1,000), followed by Bel-Air (4.4) and Beverly Crest (4.9). Westchester has the highest (23.6).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 19 LOS ANGELES WESTSIDE AND SOUTH BAY NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against Los Angeles's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by Mapping L.A. (Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0) and simplified by CrimesLog.

A little history

Westside and South Bay in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. The Westside is a region of the city with residential and commercial neighborhoods, from Westwood, home of the University of California, Los Angeles, to Playa del Rey, a seaside neighborhood on Santa Monica Bay.

Notable neighborhoods in Westside and South Bay include:

Palms and Sawtelle. Palms was founded in 1886 as a tract marketed as an agricultural and vacation community. It was annexed to Los Angeles in 1915, the oldest neighborhood annexed to the city. Sawtelle grew around the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, later the Sawtelle Veterans Home. It was incorporated as a city in 1899, developed by the Pacific Land Company and named for its manager, W. E. Sawtelle, before Los Angeles annexed it.

Pacific Palisades and Playa Vista. Pacific Palisades was founded in 1921 and has a strip of coastline, parkland and hiking trails. Playa Vista was the headquarters of Hughes Aircraft Company from 1941 to 1985 and the site where the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" aircraft was built. Development of the planned community began in 2002, and it is now part of Silicon Beach.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Beverlywood

4.2 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Westchester

23.6 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

10.8 per 1,000

2.1% below a year earlier · down

17.2% below Q1 2022

Compared

19 neighborhoods

441,500 residents · 18 quarters

Los Angeles Westside and South Bay neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

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Sepulveda Rose Apartments Side View, Palms

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2024-07 - LAUSD - Castle Heights School - 9755 Cattaraugus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034 USA 02, Beverlywood — **Beverlywood** · 2024-07 - LAUSD - Castle Heights School - 9755 Cattaraugus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034 USA 02
Photo: Jengod, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bel Air, Los Angeles, Bel-Air — **Bel-Air** · Bel Air, Los Angeles
Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

University of California Southern Regional Library at UCLA Entrance 2024 September 01, Westwood — **Westwood** · University of California Southern Regional Library at UCLA Entrance 2024 September 01
Photo: Jengod, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Exterior Photo of Marquez Charter School, Pacific Palisades — **Pacific Palisades** · Exterior Photo of Marquez Charter School
Photo: Jackg98, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Avenue of the Stars, Century City (Los Angeles) from Pico Bld, Cheviot Hills — **Cheviot Hills** · Avenue of the Stars, Century City (Los Angeles) from Pico Bld
Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

A Portion of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, One of Two Art Museums That Are Part of the Getty Museum LCCN2, Brentwood — **Brentwood** · A Portion of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, One of Two Art Museums That Are Part of the Getty Museum LCCN2
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Museum of Tolerance, Social Lab, Pico-Robertson — **Pico-Robertson** · Museum of Tolerance, Social Lab
Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

How neighborhoods moved each quarter

2022

Whole-area crime rate 12.7 to 13.4 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2022).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved down Beverly Crest 1st→5th (Q2) moved up Del Rey 13th→9th (Q2) Bel-Air 2nd→7th (Q3) Cheviot Hills 11th→4th (Q4) Beverlywood 3rd→7th (Q4)

2023

Whole-area crime rate 13.1 to 13.8 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2023).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Beverlywood 7th→1st (Q1) Bel-Air 8th→3rd (Q1) moved down Westwood 1st→7th (Q1) Beverly Crest 5th→1st (Q2) West Los Angeles 14th→7th (Q2) Beverlywood 1st→8th (Q2) Pico-Robertson 10th→14th (Q2) Brentwood 3rd→7th (Q4) Playa del Rey 13th→8th (Q4)

2024

Whole-area crime rate 12.1 to 12.5 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Beverlywood 6th→1st (Q1) Brentwood 7th→3rd (Q1) Playa Vista 14th→7th (Q1) moved down Bel-Air 1st→10th (Q1) Playa del Rey 8th→14th (Q1) Mar Vista 6th→1st (Q2) Bel-Air 10th→2nd (Q2) Westwood 7th→2nd (Q3) Bel-Air 2nd→7th (Q3) Pico-Robertson 13th→9th (Q3) Playa del Rey 14th→10th (Q3) Playa Vista 8th→14th (Q3) moved up Pacific Palisades 5th→1st (Q4) Playa del Rey 10th→2nd (Q4) moved down Westwood 2nd→6th (Q4) Cheviot Hills 12th→8th (Q4) Beverly Crest 3rd→9th (Q4)

2025

Whole-area crime rate 10.3 to 11.3 per 1,000 (high: Q1 2025).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Westwood 6th→2nd (Q1) Cheviot Hills 8th→3rd (Q1) moved down Playa del Rey 2nd→8th (Q1) Bel-Air 10th→4th (Q2) Playa Vista 13th→9th (Q2) Cheviot Hills 3rd→10th (Q2) Bel-Air 4th→8th (Q3) Palms 9th→5th (Q4) Beverlywood 2nd→6th (Q4) Playa Vista 10th→14th (Q4)

2026

Whole-area crime rate 10.3 to 10.8 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Cheviot Hills 9th→2nd (Q1) moved down Brentwood 3rd→7th (Q1) Palms 5th→10th (Q1) Pacific Palisades 1st→5th (Q2) Cheviot Hills 2nd→6th (Q2) Playa del Rey 9th→14th (Q2)

Reported Safety Incidents

In Q2 2026: property incidents were 53% (2,504), vehicle crimes were 20% (944), violent incidents were 17% (797) and public order incidents were 10% (452).

Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighborhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.

Places we left out, and places to read with care

No place is left out: every neighborhood in this race has residents to count.

The 19 neighborhoods on the map

Westside and South Bay is made of 19 neighborhoods compared here, each in its own colour on the map. They are the neighborhoods of Mapping L.A. (Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0), grouped into five areas of the city by CrimesLog: 441,500 residents between them.

Bel-Air
Beverly Crest
Beverlywood
Brentwood
Century City
Cheviot Hills
Del Rey
Mar Vista
Pacific Palisades
Palms
Pico-Robertson
Playa del Rey
Playa Vista
Rancho Park
Sawtelle
Venice
West Los Angeles
Westchester
Westwood

All 19 neighborhoods, Q2 2026

Crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026, lowest first. The last two columns compare with Q1 2022.
#	Neighborhood	Residents	All	Violent	Property	Vehicle	Public order	Rate vs Q1 2022	Places gained
1	Beverlywood	6,268	4.2	0.8	2.2	0.5	0.5	48%	5
2	Bel-Air	7,540	4.4	0.3	3.6	0.3	0.3	45%	3
3	Beverly Crest	9,850	4.9	0.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	19%	2
4	Westwood	55,607	5.3	0.9	3.3	0.9	0.3	20%	2
5	Pacific Palisades	23,679	5.5	0.9	3.4	0.7	0.3	22%	2
6	Cheviot Hills	7,202	6.4	1.1	3.2	1.1	0.8	46%	4
7	Brentwood	33,529	6.5	1.1	3.8	1.0	0.6	32%	–
8	Mar Vista	36,770	7.5	1.1	4.3	1.6	0.5	3%	4
9	Palms	42,627	8.2	1.4	3.3	2.6	0.8	23%	1
10	Pico-Robertson	19,071	8.7	1.7	4.7	1.2	0.9	32%	2
11	Playa Vista	13,978	8.7	1.1	5.4	1.7	0.2	31%	–
12	West Los Angeles	15,503	9.6	1.7	4.8	2.1	0.8	40%	2
13	Del Rey	29,340	10.6	2.1	4.7	2.9	0.8	22%	–
14	Playa del Rey	10,683	12.1	2.5	4.9	2.9	1.7	10%	5
15	Sawtelle	40,112	12.8	1.8	6.8	2.7	1.4	22%	1
16	Rancho Park	4,468	13.7	2.0	8.1	2.9	0.7	33%	1
17	Venice	35,071	20.0	4.8	9.5	3.0	2.5	15%	1
18	Century City	7,444	22.4	1.8	18.8	1.5	0.4	40%	3
19	Westchester	42,758	23.6	3.3	12.0	5.2	2.8	1%	–

Photographs

81 photographs of the 19 neighborhoods run along the reel; click one to see it full size. Each is credited here and under the large view.

All 81 photographs and their credits

Beverlywood · 2024-07 - LAUSD - Castle Heights School - 9755 Cattaraugus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034 USA 02. Photo: Jengod, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bel-Air · Bel Air, Los Angeles. Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westwood · University of California Southern Regional Library at UCLA Entrance 2024 September 01. Photo: Jengod, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Palisades · Exterior Photo of Marquez Charter School. Photo: Jackg98, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cheviot Hills · Avenue of the Stars, Century City (Los Angeles) from Pico Bld. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · A Portion of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, One of Two Art Museums That Are Part of the Getty Museum LCCN2. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Palms · Sepulveda Rose Apartments Side View. Photo: Blervis, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pico-Robertson · Museum of Tolerance, Social Lab. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Sign Neighborhood Rancho Park, Los Angeles. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Del Rey · Centinela Avenue 7. Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Playa del Rey · Shoutout to the Sidewalk (Unsplash). Photo: Marion Michele marion_michele, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Centinela Avenue 2. Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Venice · Los Angeles CA 20220925 (19). Photo: Sony 1992, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Avenue of the Stars & Century City Center Construction 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westchester · South Bay Los Angeles CA 20210211 (226). Photo: Sony 1992, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bel-Air · Los Angeles. Photo: sergei.gussev, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Westwood · Boulevard Montmartre, Mardi Graslabel QS:Lavk,"Montmartre Bedom, Kielcek (Trutca Ke Pissarro)"label QS:Lfr,"Boulevard Mo. Photo: Camille Pissarro, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Palisades · Eames House. Photo: edward stojakovic from Portland, OR, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cheviot Hills · The Century Towers, Los Angeles (Aug. 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States (Unsplash). Photo: Vladimir Kudinov madbyte, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Palms · Sepulveda Rose Apartments at the Corner of Rose and Sepulveda. Photo: Blervis, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pico-Robertson · Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building (Simon Wiesenthal Center), Los Angeles. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Office Building, 1990 Westwood Boulevard (Los Angeles). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Del Rey · Centinela Avenue 5. Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA, USA - Panoramio - Peter Boy12qq12 (11). Photo: peter boy12qq12, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · InterContinental Los Angeles Century City at Beverly Hills, Sept. 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westchester · South Bay Los Angeles CA 20210211 (359). Photo: Sony 1992, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westwood · Bottom of Bunche Hall, UCLA. Photo: ideowl, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Palisades · Eames House. Photo: edward stojakovic, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cheviot Hills · West Pico Boulevard at Century City (August 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · From the Getty Museum - Panoramio - Alistair Cunningham. Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Palms · Sepulveda Rose Apartments Line. Photo: Blervis, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pico-Robertson · Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, August 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Los Angeles California Temple from Overland Avenue (WestWood, L.A.) 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA, USA - Panoramio - Peter Boy12qq12 (14). Photo: peter boy12qq12, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Century Plaza Towers Century Park. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westwood · Church of Saint Paul the Apostle (Westwood) & Ohio Avenue (Aug. 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Palisades · Eames House. Photo: edward stojakovic, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · Getty Museum. Photo: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Palms · Sepulveda Rose Apartments Pool. Photo: Blervis, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pico-Robertson · Interior of Museum of Tolerance (Aug. 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · St. Timothy School, Rancho Park (August 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA, USA - Panoramio - Peter Boy12qq12 (15). Photo: peter boy12qq12, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · The Century Towers, Los Angeles (Sept. 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westwood · Church Tower of Saint Paul the Apostle (Westwood). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Palisades · 17518 Castellammare Drive. Photo: DanielMichaelPerry, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · Getty Center Architecture (Unsplash). Photo: Armando Castillejos acastillejos, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Palms · Historical Clock Tower - Worth Avenue. PALM BEACH, FL. USA. Photo: Rob Olivera, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
West Los Angeles · 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard Tower, Los Angeles, October 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Fantasy Island. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Century Plaza Towers. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westwood · The Manor, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, in 2008. Photo: Atwater Village Newbie, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Palisades · Los Angeles County. Photo: sergei.gussev, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Brentwood · Getty Museum -6. Photo: Kevin Dooley from Chandler, AZ, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Chinese Bible Church, West Pico Boulevard, LA. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Psychic, South Sepulveda Boulevard (Los Angeles) Oct. 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · (From the Left) Park Elm I, Century Plaza South Tower & Constellation Place, from Westfield Century City. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westwood · Westwood Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard (August 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Palisades · Los Angeles County. Photo: sergei.gussev, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Brentwood · 2024 Getty Center 08. Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Church Tower. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Centinela Avenue 3. Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · 2121 Avenue of the Stars (Fox Plaza), Sept. 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Westwood · Palisades Fire from UCLA 0668. Photo: BulkyOS, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · 2024 Getty Center 05. Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Office Buildings, South Sepulveda Boulevard (Los Angeles), October 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA, USA - Panoramio - Peter Boy12qq12 (16). Photo: peter boy12qq12, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Anderson Towers, (1800 & 1900 Avenue of the Stars), Century City. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · Sweet Rose 1. Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Park Elm I (Left) & Century Plaza South Tower (Right) at Century City. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA, USA - Panoramio - Peter Boy12qq12 (17). Photo: peter boy12qq12, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Century Park East (Street) & Century Park East Building. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · Commemorative Plaque for J. Paul Getty (Getty Center). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Construction Site Westwood Bld, X Mississippi Avenue (August 2024). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sawtelle · West Los Angeles Streetcar Depot on the Grounds of the Sawtelle Veterans Home. Photo: SBW, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Watt Plaza North Tower (Century City). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Brentwood · JackieRobinsonStadium. Photo: CASportsFan, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Los Angeles · Public Bookcase Thayer Avenue X Missouri Avenue (Westwood, Los Angeles). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Fairmont Century Plaza, The Century & 2121 Avenue of the Stars (Century City). Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · Century Park Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Century City · AMC Century City Entrance in September 2024. Photo: Alexis Doine, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sources and notes

CrimesLog sources crime incident data published by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) through the City of Los Angeles Open Data Portal (data.lacity.org), containing public sector information released under the Los Angeles Open Data Portal Terms of Use.

Population: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (public domain).

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Neighborhood boundaries are defined by Mapping L.A. (Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0), grouped into five areas of the city by CrimesLog and simplified by CrimesLog. The photographs are credited under each picture.

Rates are recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, quarter by quarter; where a neighborhood has fewer than 100 residents the rate would be worked out on 100 (those places are left out of the race). A count of recorded crime is not a verdict on any neighborhood.