5 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in Los Angeles |
Posted: July 31, 2018 |
Los Angeles, California is full of stereotypes of all kinds, from the traffic to the celebrities to the hipsters to the crime there are always going to be a lot of hyped up nothingness when it comes to Los Angeles. What we are going to discuss in this article are some of the areas of Los Angeles that are best to be avoided in terms of crime and overall safety, and this goes for locals just as much as for tourists. It’s important to stay out of certain areas at certain times of the day in Los Angeles simply because you can be putting yourself at serious risk of being the victim of a crime. We’re lucky to have teamed up with the very esteemed Hurwitz Law Group to collaborate with us on this list of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Los Angeles, and with the data we’ve collected we can be realistic about our examinations of these particular neighborhoods. The Fashion District There is a lot to say about the Los Angeles Fashion District, and it simply is the design, distribution and warehouse capital of the fabric industry and overall fashion accessory distribution nexus for the entire city. It’s a pretty large neighborhood near downtown that is about 90 blocks. Fast-fashion is also a big aspect of this neighborhood, which technically entails vendors selling fashion trends from the sidewalk, and notoriously these vendors are known for being robbed and selling stolen goods. The crime rates in general are very high in this part of the city, and a lot of criminals know that fashion enthusiasts like to come to this part of town to get a good deal on certain items, which can make shoppers crime targets. Wholesale District/Skid Row There’s no doubt about it that the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles is one of the largest skid rows in all of the United States, and it certainly is a place that should be generally avoided in terms of crime. Skid Row has technically been labeled as a place within the city that is east of Main Street and south of Third Street, and it’s the largest population of homeless people in the entire country and really is an entire homeless district of the city. Pacoima Pacoima is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the entire San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, and it’s located in the northern reaches of the valley. It’s about 7.14 square miles and there are roughly 81,000 people, and most of the population in this neighborhood tends to be Hispanic. The overall population of the neighborhood is 56,455 and the crime rates as compared to the rest of the city, and in particular the San Fernando Valley, are disproportionately high. Downtown Downtown is definitely the central business area of Los Angeles and has a very diverse residential neighborhood with about 58,000 people living here. You can also consider downtown a part of the Central Los Angeles district. When it comes to crime there are a lot of different areas around downtown that are pretty dangerous, including some of the neighborhoods we’ve talked about already, and in general downtown is known for a lot of crime. There are a lot of great areas in terms of government buildings, parks and art crawls within the downtown area, but crime is still a major problem in this part of the city as compared to the rest of the city. Wilmington Wilmington is an area in south Los Angeles that is about 9.14 square miles in density and is very close to an industrial area and a very large oil field, the third largest in the United States. It’s rather sparsely populated and is known for its younger and Latino population. When it comes to crime, Wilmington is known for having a very high crime rate and murder rate, and although this part of the city isn’t necessarily where a lot of tourists would generally go, it’s still a neighborhood that should be avoided.
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