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90013 90014 90021 90028 90291 TOTAL HOUSELESS ARRESTS zip code 6,094 6,696 5,370 4,829 2,561 a million dollar h ds report Top 5 Zipcodes for Houseless Arrests by LAPD (2011-2016) downtown los angeles hollywood venice This report was written by Danielle Dupuy MPA, Terry Allen MA, Kelly Lytle Hernández PhD, and the Million Dollar Hoods Team oo POLICING THE HOUSELESS Arrests by the LAPD (2011-2016) LAPD arrests of houseless persons are on the rise. In fact, LAPD arrests of houseless persons are increasing at a rate faster than the growth of the houseless population. Whereas the number of houseless persons in the City of Los Angeles increased 21% between 2011 and 2016, LAPD arrests of houseless persons increased 37% in those same years. Moreover, whereas the total number of LAPD arrests have declined since 2011, houseless arrests as a percentage of total LAPD arrests nearly doubled from 7% to 12% between 2011 and 2016. Graph 1. LAPD Houseless Arrests, 2011-2016 Houseless Arrests (% of Total Arrests) Arrest rates of houseless Latinos doubled between 2011 and 2016, accounting for 53% of the increase in all houseless arrests. Houseless status was determined by combining arrests of people the police identified as "transient" with the arrests that listed their home address at one of the 31 houseless shelters listed by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Graph 3. LAPD Houseless Arrest Rates by Race, 2011-2016 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Arrest Rate (per 100 population) Total Arrests (per 100 population) Percentage Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Black Latino White Other 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Total Population Houseless Population Graph 2. LAPD Arrest Rates, 2016 By 2016, there was one houseless arrest for every two houseless people in the City of LA. This is 17 times the arrest rate among the total population of the city. Graph 4. Houseless Arrests and Houseless Population, 2016 African Americans represent the majority of all houseless arrests (37%) and the majority of the houseless population (43%). 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2016 2011 0 10 20 30 40 50 Total Houseless Population Houseless Arrests Black Latino White Other
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90013 90014 90021 90028 90291TOTAL HOUSELESS
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a million dollar h ds report
Top 5 Zipcodes for Houseless Arrests by LAPD (2011-2016)
downtown los angeles hollywood venice
This report was written by Danielle Dupuy MPA, Terry Allen MA, Kelly Lytle Hernández PhD, and the Million Dollar Hoods Team
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POLICING THE HOUSELESSArrests by the LAPD (2011-2016)
LAPD arrests of houseless persons are on the rise. In fact, LAPD arrests of houseless persons are increasing at a rate faster than the growth of the houseless population. Whereas the number of houseless persons in the City of Los Angeles increased 21% between 2011 and 2016, LAPD arrests of houseless persons increased 37% in those same years. Moreover, whereas the total number of LAPD arrests have declined since 2011, houseless arrests as a percentage of total LAPD arrests nearly doubled from 7% to 12% between 2011 and 2016.
Graph 1. LAPD Houseless Arrests, 2011-2016
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Arrest rates of houseless Latinos doubled between 2011 and 2016, accounting for 53% of the increase in all houseless arrests.
Houseless status was determined by combining arrests of people the police identified as "transient" with the arrests that listed their home address at one of the 31 houseless shelters listed by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
Graph 3. LAPD Houseless Arrest Rates by Race, 2011-2016
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By 2016, there was one houseless arrest for every two houseless people in the City of LA. This is 17 times the arrest rate among the total population of the city.
Graph 4. Houseless Arrests and Houseless Population, 2016
African Americans represent the majority of all houseless arrests (37%) and the majority of the houseless population (43%).
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