Overview
- LAPD reported 230 homicides in 2025, a 19% drop from 2024, equal to 5.9 deaths per 100,000 residents.
- Detectives solved 156 of the 230 killings (68%), and closing 78 older cases during 2025 pushed the department’s operational clearance metric to 101% under its counting rules.
- Shooting victims fell to 899, down 8% year over year, as officers reported seizing 8,650 firearms across the city.
- The Drone as a First Responder program and a real-time crime center expanded in 2025, logging 1,779 flights since July and arriving first at 754 incidents.
- Homeless-related homicides rose 20% to 61 and gang-related killings ticked up to about 100, while national data show many large cities also recorded sharp 2025 declines with causes still uncertain.