Crime Down at LAX

Law enforcement officials at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) have reported a decrease in overall crime in 2006 by 6.4% as compared to 2005.

The decrease includes a 24% drop in property crime, while passenger volume in 2006 was just below the 2005 level. The total number of crimes reported last year was 2,520, as compared to 2,694 in 2005.

Property crimes, including non-violent theft from individuals, as well as burglaries from businesses and vehicles, decreased 24% to 973 incidents in 2006 from 1,273 in 2005. Theft from persons and petty and grand thefts dropped 20% to 850 incidents in 2006 from 1,068 in 2005. Burglaries from airport businesses increased to 17 incidents last year from six in 2005, and most of these were reports of random shoplifting. Vehicle burglaries (from locked cars) dropped 63% to 44 incidents last year from 118 in 2005. Theft from motor vehicles (from unlocked cars) dropped 34% to 46 incidents from 70 in 2005.

Out of 14,007,612 vehicles parked last year in LAX's passenger terminal area parking structures and economy parking lots, 16 vehicles were reported stolen. This is compared to 11 stolen vehicles out of 14,502,409 parked at LAX in 2006.

There were no homicides, rapes or kidnappings among the nine incidents of violent crime reported in 2006. This is in comparison to five incidents of violent crime in 2005, including the killing of an on-duty Airport Police officer.

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