LOS ANGELES—Overall crime in Los Angeles dipped slightly in the first half of 2021, but the number of killings in the city soared to its highest level in more than a decade, according to a report released on July 16.
Data compiled by Crosstown, a nonprofit news organization based at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, show there were 179 killings in the city between Jan. 1 and June 30, a 31.6 percent jump from the same period last year and a 38.8 percent increase from 2019.
