Tuesday, February 17, 2026 3:40PM
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Mayor Karen Bass is expected to announce a significant decrease in violent crime in Los Angeles on Tuesday, highlighting new statistics that show sharp declines in homicides both citywide and in neighborhoods historically affected by gang violence.
Bass will join members of the city council and community leaders to release the updated crime data, which includes a 27% drop in homicides in areas known as Gang Reduction and Youth Development zones – or GRYD zones.
Those are areas long recognized as among the hardest hit by gang-related violence, according to the city.
Citywide, homicides fell nearly 20% last year, reaching their lowest level since 1966.
Bass attributes the progress to the work of her Office of Community Safety and the city’s violenceprevention programs.
She’s expected to share more at a press conference at 9:30 a.m.
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