Good News, Bad News for Atwater Village Crime in 2009

YEAR-END STATS from Northeast LAPD show mostly good news for 2009 crime rates in Atwater Village. Total crime was down 19.3 percent:

• Homicide: Down 66% (3 in 2008, 1 in 2009)
• Robbery: Down 57.8%
• Aggravated Assault: Down 21.1%
• Larceny: Down 6%
• Grand Theft Auto: Down 24%
• Theft from Vehicle: Down 27.5%

Police give some of the credit to the North Atwater Village takedown of the Toonerville gang in July 2009. The bad news?

• Rape: Even (1 in 2008, 1 in 2009)
• Burglary of Residence/Business: Up 6%