Seized weapons displayed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Photo by LASD.
Gun homicides are defined here as deaths caused by use of a firearm other than by self-infliction. These firearms may be any type of handgun, shotgun, or rifle. In 2021, Los Angeles County recorded the most gun-related homicides in the county in 15 years. That number, however, has since fallen again. It should be noted that even that recent high number was still far behind Los Angeles County gun homicide numbers more than 25 years ago.
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate(1) | Year-to-Year Trend(2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 423 | 4.3 | ▼ Down 14% |
| 2023 | 492 | 5.0 | ▼ Down 11% |
| 2022 | 553 | 5.6 | ▼ Down 15% |
| 2021 | 654 | 6.6 | ▲ Up 32% |
| 2020 | 495 | 4.9 | ▲ Up 36% |
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate* | Year-to-Year Trend† |
| 2019 | 365 | 3.6 | ▼ Down 11% |
| 2018 | 412 | 4.1 | ▼ Down 4% |
| 2017 | 429 | 4.2 | ▼ Down 8% |
| 2016 | 466 | 4.6 | ▲ Up 15% |
| 2015 | 405 | 4.0 | ▲ Up 8% |
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate* | Year-to-Year Trend† |
| 2014 | 374 | 3.7 | ▼ Down 11% |
| 2013 | 422 | 4.2 | NO CHANGE 0% |
| 2012 | 422 | 4.2 | ▲ Up 3% |
| 2011 | 409 | 4.1 | ▼ Down 15% |
| 2010 | 484 | 4.9 | ▼ Down 8% |
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate* | Year-to-Year Trend† |
| 2009 | 524 | 5.3 | ▼ Down 13% |
| 2008 | 602 | 6.2 | ▼ Down 10% |
| 2007 | 670 | 6.9 | ▼ Down 18% |
| 2006 | 815 | 8.3 | ▼ Down 5% |
| 2005 | 855 | 8.7 | ▲ Up 2% |
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate* | Year-to-Year Trend† |
| 2004 | 838 | 8.5 | ▼ Down 3% |
| 2003 | 860 | 8.8 | ▼ Down 8% |
| 2002 | 935 | 9.7 | ▲ Up 7% |
| 2001 | 871 | 9.1 | ▲ Up 10% |
| 2000 | 789 | 8.4 | ▲ Up 18% |
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate* | Year-to-Year Trend† |
| 1999 | 666 | 7.1 | ▼ Down 9% |
| 1998 | 729 | 7.9 | ▼ Down 21% |
| 1997 | 920 | 10.1 | ▼ Down 15% |
| 1996 | 1,085 | 11.9 | ▼ Down 18% |
| 1995 | 1,327 | 14.6 | ▼ Down 2% |
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate* | Year-to-Year Trend† |
| 1994 | 1,348 | 14.8 | ▼ Down 10% |
| 1993 | 1,496 | 16.5 | ▼ Down 2% |
| 1992 | 1,530 | 17.0 | ▲ Up 7% |
| 1991 | 1,434 | 16.1 | ▲ Up 9% |
| 1990 | 1,313 | 14.9 | ▲ Up 18% |
| Year | Gun Homicides in L.A. County | Gun Homicide Rate* | Year-to-Year Trend† |
| 1989 | 1,115 | 12.8 | ▲ Up 21% |
| 1988 | 919 | 10.7 | ▼ Down 0.4% |
| 1987 | 923 | 10.9 | --- |
* Rate of crimes for every 100,000 population, calculated from the number of reported crimes, divided by a given population number (here the 2023 population estimates reported by the California Department of Finance) and then multiplied by 100,000.
† Trend:
▲ Represents an upward trend in number of gun homicides from previous year.
▼ Represents a downward trend in number of gun homicides from previous year.
Small population jurisdictions tend to score high crime rates if they have any crimes listed. A single homicide among just a few hundred residents or even a thousand residents, tends to have a more significant impact on that population. The cities of Vernon (2024 population 208), Industry (2024 population 432), and Irwindale (2024 population 1,510) fall in this category.
In 2024, aside from the tiny population jurisdictions noted above, the gun-related homicide rate in Compton continues to lead in Los Angeles County. Following closely behind were the cities of Cudahy, Hawaiian Gardens, Lancaster, and Bell.
Jurisdictions listed below are ordered alphabetically.
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| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agoura Hills | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alhambra | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Arcadia | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Artesia | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Avalon | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Azusa | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Baldwin Park | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bell | 12.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bell Gardens | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bellflower | 3.9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Beverly Hills | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bradbury | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burbank | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calabasas | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson | 8.7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Cerritos | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claremont | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Commerce, City of | 8.2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Compton | 18.1 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 34 | 17 | 17 |
| Covina | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Cudahy | 18.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Culver City | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diamond Bar | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Downey | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Duarte | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| El Monte | 1.9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| El Segundo | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gardena | 1.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Glendale | 1.6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Glendora | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Hawaiian Gardens | 14.8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hawthorne | 9.3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Hermosa Beach | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidden Hills | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Huntington Park | 5.6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Industry | 694.4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Inglewood | 4.7 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| Irwindale | 66.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Cañada Flintridge | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Verne | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| La Habra Heights | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| La Mirada | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Puente | 5.3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Lakewood | 3.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lancaster | 13.2 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Lawndale | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lomita | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Long Beach | 6.1 | 28 | 18 | 25 | 34 | 20 | 23 |
| Los Angeles | 4.9 | 189 | 237 | 284 | 305 | 260 | 175 |
| Lynwood | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Malibu | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Manhattan Beach | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maywood | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Monrovia | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Montebello | 1.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Monterey Park | 1.7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Norwalk | 2.0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Palmdale | 1.8 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Palos Verdes Estates | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paramount | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Pasadena | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Pico Rivera | 4.9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Pomona | 4.6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 7 |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Redondo Beach | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Rolling Hills | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rolling Hills Estates | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosemead | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| San Dimas | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| San Fernando | 4.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| San Gabriel | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Marino | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Clarita | 0.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Fe Springs | 5.4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Santa Monica | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Sierra Madre | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Signal Hill | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South El Monte | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Pasadena | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Gate | 3.2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Temple City | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Torrance | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Vernon | 480.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walnut | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Covina | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides | West Hollywood | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Westlake Village | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whittier | 5.7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Unincorporated County | 5.5 | 55 | 66 | 68 | 110 | 76 | 56 |
| CA Highway Patrol, Los Angeles | --- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jurisdiction | 2024 Gun Homicide Rate* | 2024 Gun Homicides | 2023 Gun Homicides | 2022 Gun Homicides | 2021 Gun Homicides | 2020 Gun Homicides | 2019 Gun Homicides |
| Los Angeles Transit Serv. Bureau | --- | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Monica College | --- | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Rate of crimes for every 100,000 population (even if a community has a smaller population than that), calculated from the number of reported crimes, divided by a given population number (here 2024 population estimates reported by the California Department of Finance) and then multiplied by 100,000.
Data source: Open Justice Data, California Department of Justice, except for City of Los Angeles data for 2020, derived from Los Angeles Open Data.
