Los Angeles, Ca
Shoplifting cases soar in Los Angeles
Shoplifting reports in Los Angeles surged by 81% in 2023 over the prior year, according to police data compiled by a nonprofit news organization.
Crosstown looked at crime statistics that the L.A. Police Department posted publicly on a city website last week.
It shows retailers reported 11,945 shoplifting cases in 2023, more than five thousand cases higher than in 2022 (6,585), which was a more typical year, pre-pandemic.
Overall, retail crime, which includes shoplifting and felony smash-and-grabs, climbed 15% in 2023, according to Crosstown.
-
Authorities arrested 41 suspects and recovered over $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise during a retail theft bust in L.A. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) -
Authorities arrested 41 suspects and recovered over $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise during a retail theft bust in L.A. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) -
Authorities arrested 41 suspects and recovered over $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise during a retail theft bust in L.A. February 2024. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) -
Authorities arrested 41 suspects and recovered over $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise during a retail theft bust in L.A. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) -
File – A security guard, right, stands at the entrance to a Nordstrom department store in Los Angeles, Dec. 2, 2021, where a smash-and-grab robbery took place. The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, has revised a report released in April that pulls back the claim that organized retail crime accounts for nearly half of overall industry shrink, which measures overall loss in inventory, including theft. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) -
Authorities arrested 41 suspects and recovered over $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise during a retail theft bust in L.A. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
Some shoppers say the surge in retail theft has shattered their sense of safety.
“I think it’s become an epidemic,” Patricia Hernandez told KTLA’s Jennifer McGraw on Monday while shopping with her daughters in Arcadia. “I won’t come out without my husband. I won’t take the girls by myself. I usually don’t go shopping after dark.”
Midway through 2023, local leaders announced a task force to combat the rising number of smash-and-grab cases that were occurring almost daily in the Los Angeles metro area – many during broad daylight in crowded stores.
Last month, Mayor Karen Bass and Police Chief Michel Moore announced the crackdown had resulted in 128 arrests and “contributed to a 33% reduction in flash robberies.”
Also, a bill in the California State Assembly would hold repeat thieves more accountable by making it a felony for anyone who has two or more theft-related convictions and is arrested again.
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are in pursuit of a person behind the wheel of a vehicle that has been reported stolen. Preliminary, though unconfirmed, details suggest the suspect stole the vehicle, a 2012 Hyundai, in downtown L.A., near the intersection of 7th and Figueroa streets. The suspect is believed to have struck […]
An investigation is underway after two women were struck and killed by a driver in Orange County on Monday night. Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls around 9 p.m. reporting that a BMW had hit two pedestrians at the intersection of Magnolia and Cerritos avenues in Stanton, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed. When deputies […]
Closing arguments were held today in the civil trial to determine the financial responsibility for the deaths of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander, who were hit and killed while crossing the street with their family in Westlake Village in September of 2020. Jurors will decide how much responsibility two defendants bear for the […]
-
Indianapolis, IN2 minutes agoNew stores in Indianapolis include indoor kid’s playground, cafe
-
Pittsburg, PA9 minutes agoBlanche says DOJ
-
Augusta, GA12 minutes ago
Amy Elizabeth Black Obituary May 29, 2026 – Platt’s Funeral Home
-
Washington, D.C12 minutes ago
Sherry Abedi has been appointed as General Manager at LINE DC
-
Cleveland, OH24 minutes agoMan shot on Cleveland’s West Side
-
Austin, TX27 minutes agoNew Texas law tightens rules for autonomous vehicle companies, including Waymo
-
Alabama32 minutes agoIn Alabama Primary Elections, Incumbent Utility Regulators Feel the Squeeze of High Energy Prices – Inside Climate News
-
Alaska39 minutes ago
Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day 2026 – Mike Dunleavy
