Burglary reports in Los Angeles vs New York City
Los Angeles open-data incidents in this index include 21,410 rows coded as Burglary. New York City’s comparable harvest includes 9,204 rows with the same primary-type label. The two-city total is 30,614 burglary-coded reports. Los Angeles holds more than twice New York City’s count in this pair (about 69.9% versus about 30.1%). That ratio is a file comparison, not a finding that one city is less safe.
Key figures
- Los Angeles has 21,410 burglary-coded reports; New York City has 9,204.
- The paired total is 30,614 (Los Angeles about 69.9%, New York City about 30.1%).
- The gap of 12,206 rows is a file comparison, not a safety ranking.
- LAPD and NYPD burglary coding are separate systems.
- Both figures are incident reports, not convictions.
Burglary as a cross-city join
This page keeps offense type Burglary and places Los Angeles (21,410) beside New York City (9,204). The gap is 12,206 reports. The join exists because both municipal portals expose a burglary-class label, not because the statutes, attempt rules, or building-entry definitions are identical. NYPD complaint coding and LAPD incident coding are separate systems.
New York City is the larger city by population in ordinary discussion, yet 9,204 is the smaller burglary harvest here. Population is not a packet fact, so this page does not compute a rate. Raw volume can move with how each department files burglary versus related theft, criminal trespass, or burglary of vehicle. Cite the agency when you quote either total.
Los Angeles burglary volume in this harvest
The Los Angeles figure is 21,410. On the LAPD feed, burglary generally means unlawful entry of a structure. Theft from a locked vehicle is often a different type. Robbery is a different type. This packet does not publish a residential-versus-commercial split, so none is invented here.
Location fields are typically block ranges. The 21,410 count is not a list of convicted defendants. See burglary in Los Angeles for filters and the Los Angeles crime hub for neighboring types.
New York City burglary volume in this harvest
The New York City figure is 9,204. NYPD complaint data use New York Penal Law categories. Burglary there is still a structure-entry offense in the statute books, but the public file’s grouping, attempt handling, and related petit-larceny rows are NYPD’s, not LAPD’s. A researcher who stacks 9,204 onto 21,410 as if they were one census invents a combined series neither city published.
Borough geography, precinct, and housing type are not in these packet facts. See burglary in New York City for the type overlay and the New York City crime hub for the rest of the complaint mix.
Reading a 69.9% / 30.1% split without ranking cities
Los Angeles accounts for about 69.9% of the 30,614 paired rows; New York City accounts for about 30.1%. Those shares answer only “of these two harvests, which file has more burglary-coded rows?” They do not answer which residents face more risk, which department is more effective, or which housing stock is more targeted.
Coding differences can widen a gap that would shrink under a shared definition. If New York files some structure entries under another complaint category, 9,204 understates what a Los Angeles coder might have called burglary. The reverse is also possible. This page reports the labels as filed.
Reports, not court outcomes
Neither 21,410 nor 9,204 is a conviction total. Unfounded complaints can remain on a portal until the source updates. Arrest fields, when present, are process flags. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges across cities.
All crime ties indexes other offense pairs. Use the two city hubs when you need types other than burglary. Keep LAPD and NYPD named in any footnote that quotes both numbers.
What the Los Angeles–New York burglary pair omits
Population, housing stock, and harvest length are not packet facts, so 21,410 and 9,204 are not rates. New York Penal Law degrees of burglary (first, second, third) are not split here. LAPD residential-versus-commercial codes are not split here. Publishing either cut would invent a number. Filter the type hubs if you need those fields on the source rows.
Petit larceny, grand larceny, criminal trespass, and burglary of vehicle — when they exist as other types — are not inside 9,204 or 21,410. A researcher who wants “all property crime” has to name those other labels and accept that the two cities do not draw the borders the same way. The 12,206-row gap can widen or shrink under a shared definition this page does not apply.
Cite 21,410 as Los Angeles police open-data incidents with primary type Burglary. Cite 9,204 as New York City complaints with the same site label. Combined they are 30,614 for this pair only. Arrest is not conviction. All crime ties lists other offense joins, including the Chicago burglary pairs. Keep both agency names in any comparison footnote.
Questions
- How many burglary reports in Los Angeles vs New York City?
- This index includes 21,410 Los Angeles burglary-coded incidents and 9,204 New York City incidents with the same primary-type label. Combined they are 30,614 rows. Los Angeles is about 69.9% of the pair. These are police reports, not convictions.
- Why does Los Angeles show more burglary reports than New York City?
- The files show 21,410 versus 9,204. This page does not assign a cause. Agency coding, harvest windows, attempt rules, and related theft labels all differ. A larger raw count is not a safety ranking.
- Can I add the two burglary totals together?
- You can add 21,410 and 9,204 to describe this pair (30,614). That sum is not a national burglary census and not a standardized two-city crime rate. Each total stays an agency harvest.
- Are these burglary numbers from court records?
- No. They come from municipal open-data police reports. An incident can remain on the portal without a charge or after a charge changes. LocalCrimeVault does not convert reports into convictions.
Municipal open-data police reports (not convictions). City feeds differ in coverage and coding — counts are not a safety ranking.