There has been an overall increase in robberies throughout the City of Los Angeles this year, Moore told the Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday. The year-to-date statistics Moore presented are a big jump from previous years:
- Robberies up 18% from 2021, and 5% from 2020
- Robberies with a firearm up 44% from 2021, 57% from 2020 and 60% from 2019
- Robberies with a firearm account for 36% of all robberies, and accounts for 74% of the city's year-to-date total robbery increase
- LAPD's South Bureau and 77th Street Area had the most robberies with a firearm, at 227 and 102, respectively
