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LA is bigger but ranks nearly the same, actually comes out slightly ahead of by population. Counting by land makes the dense older cities even bigger outliers. New York has more than twice as many officers per square mile as anywhere on the list. We do not suggest counting by land: City limits vary WILDLY. Jacksonville is the largest city by land area which is why it’s at 2.5 Officers per square mile: New York 111.8 Chicago 50.7 San Francisco 40.3 Philadelphia 37.7 Los Angeles 18.4 Seattle 12.7 Denver 10.2 Dallas 9.6 Columbus 8.4 Houston 8.3 San Jose 6.0 Charlotte 5.5 San Diego 5.4 San Antonio 5.2 Indianapolis 5.0 Fort Worth 5.0 Phoenix 4.8 Austin 4.6 Nashville 3.3 Jacksonville 2.5
Mateo M@porkncheese_cr7Oct 17
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I bet LA is alot bigger by land area compared to those top 5...more area to cover means you need more cops
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Miles@MilesOMortonOct 17
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I really want to talk about this more but I'm not sure if it belongs on the basin site. I got tons of opinions about how the LAPD could take fairly immediate action to rectify staffing if they wanted to rather than burning money funding more classes that continue to underperform.
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Quite a few of you have reached out about our LAPD staffing piece. For clarity, narrowing the list only makes the finding MORE clear, not less. Of the TWENTY largest cities in the US, LA has more sworn officers per capita than all but five:
Bar chart of sworn police officers per 1,000 residents in the 20 largest US cities, 2025. Chicago 4.25, New York 3.95, Philadelphia 3.24, Dallas 2.45, San Francisco 2.31, Los Angeles 2.24, Houston 2.20, Nashville 2.15, Denver 2.13, Columbus 2.04, Indianapolis 2.02, Jacksonville 1.87, Fort Worth 1.72, San Antonio 1.68, Charlotte 1.64, Austin 1.49, Phoenix 1.47, Seattle 1.34, San Diego 1.25, San Jose 1.07.

ALT Bar chart of sworn police officers per 1,000 residents in the 20 largest US cities, 2025. Chicago 4.25, New York 3.95, Philadelphia 3.24, Dallas 2.45, San Francisco 2.31, Los Angeles 2.24, Houston 2.20, Nashville 2.15, Denver 2.13, Columbus 2.04, Indianapolis 2.02, Jacksonville 1.87, Fort Worth 1.72, San Antonio 1.68, Charlotte 1.64, Austin 1.49, Phoenix 1.47, Seattle 1.34, San Diego 1.25, San Jose 1.07.

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LAPD outstaffs most big city police departments

Chief Jim McDonnell says the LAPD is down 1,300 officers. At 2.24 for every 1,000 residents, it still has more per resident than 42 of the country's 76 big-city police departments.

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A surprising finding given how often LAPD's shortages are cited
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basin.la/articles/outstaffs-…

LAPD outstaffs most big city police departments

Chief Jim McDonnell says the LAPD is down 1,300 officers. At 2.24 for every 1,000 residents, it still has more per resident than 42 of the country's 76 big-city police departments.

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If you haven’t realized just how privatized Trump’s ICE operations have been: every ICE detention center in California is now run by a for-profit company These five specifically have made $3.4 billion locking up and moving people for ICE here since 2007 Nearly $1 billion of that just since Trump's second term started
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basin.la/articles/the-guards…

The California company that has made $158 million off Trump's ICE raids (and that LA still contra...

Since President Trump took office, ICE has committed $157.7 million to G4S, the Allied Universal company that transports people in immigration custody, including under a Los Angeles task order “to...

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In March LA banned city employees from taking side jobs with ICE Meanwhile the city itself still contracts Allied Universal (who made $158 million from Trump's ICE raids) to guard its property
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The California company that has made $158 million off Trump's ICE raids (and that LA still contra...

Since President Trump took office, ICE has committed $157.7 million to G4S, the Allied Universal company that transports people in immigration custody, including under a Los Angeles task order “to...

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Dodger Stadium & Dodger Stadium's parking lot
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This is an amazing map and I am in love with this account. Thanks for pointing them out @hearinladotcom!
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Waymo’s crash rate in LA fell 41%… After the feds changed what they had to report

Most of the drop is in minor crashes where another car hit a Waymo, a kind of crash federal regulators largely stopped requiring companies to report in June 2025. Crashes that end with a tow, a...

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LA had 230 homicides last year, the fewest since 1966, and you’ll probably hear that in tonight’s debate. But a citywide number hides a lot! Even last year, homicides went up in 6 of LAPD’s 21 divisions. So if you want to see what crime looks like in your own part of the city, we built a map for that.
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It covers all 1,135 LAPD reporting districts from 2010 to 2026, with offense categories kept consistent through LAPD’s 2024-25 reporting switch. Look up your neighborhood and tell us what you find. basin.la/maps/crime.html

The Crime Map

Sixteen years of LAPD records, 2010 through 2026, bridged across the reporting transition that ran from January 2024 to June 2025. Nine offense categories at reporting-district, division and counci...

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The map is new and we’re still improving it. If there’s something that would make it more useful to you, like a crime type we’re missing or a different way to view it, reply and let us know!
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We looked at every Metro Bike Share ride since 2016. Out of 3.2 million rides, this is the longest ever. San Pedro to Echo Park on April 4, 2018. About 26 miles in 6 hours and 28 minutes.
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The specific route taken is modeled, metro doesn't track rides only start and end points.
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Correct! Brentwood sees practically no LAPD helicopters. It ranks 104th out of 114 LA neighborhoods
KateMcC@mc_kate68933Oct 12
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That's harassment! Would never happen in Brentwood!
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You can see a detailed breakdown of where they fly here basin.la/articles/twelve-tho…

Twelve thousand hours above Los Angeles

For a year we collected the positions LAPD helicopters broadcast as they fly. The 20.9 million points show where the fleet spends its time over Los Angeles, and how unevenly that time falls.

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