Infographic: 2014 LAPD homicide numbers
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The Los Angeles Police Department homicide report gives a more detail look at the crime that happened last year. Violence tied to gangs remained the leading motive for homicides in the city. The 77th street division, for example, saw a 59% increase in gang-related homicides. Overall, homicide victims continue to be mostly Latinos and blacks and mostly male.
185
192
208
32
31
29
27
14
19
84
79
84
January and February had
the fewest homicides
April had the
most homicides
2013: 23
30
491
757
853
518
299
251
260
31
27
20
21
19
19
21
19
13
1974
1984
1994
2004
2012
2013
2014
2012: 39
15
2013:
23
2012:
13
2014:
27
2014:
26
17
16
69
49
42
43
59
59
52
78
53
By age group
145
115
119
108
108
112
9
2
2
2
10
6
30
24
18
2014
2013
2012
2014
2013
2012
2014
2013
2012
Other
Asian
White
Black
Latino
Female
Male
Multi-dwellings
Sidewalk
Street/parkway
Multi-dwellings
Sidewalk
Bodily force
Cutting instruments
Firearms
Bodily force
Cutting instruments
Firearms
0-17
36-45
45+
18-25
26-35
0-17
36-45
45+
26-35
18-25
Street/parkway
Female
Male
Other
Asian
White
Black
Latino
Homicides by month
Homicides in Los Angeles
The victims
By ethnicity
258
220
223
41
31
37
By gender
77
93
89
60
52
63
30
33
35
Homicide location
Weapons used
Lorena Elebee / @latimesgraphics
Source: LAPD. Graphics reporting by Kate Mather
