L.A.’s Homicide Rate Lowest In Four Decades

The homicide rate in Los Angeles is the lowest it’s been since 1967.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced there were 297 homicides in Los Angeles last year, a huge drop from the more than 1,000 slayings in 1992, the height of a massive drug epidemic.

“This achievement is particularly noteworthy given the state of the economy,” he said at a news conference. “You walk down downtown, you go to Hollywood, we all know — this isn’t hyperbole. It’s a changed place.”

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