It's part of LB's 1st Council district, represented since mid-July 2014 by Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez, whose Council district accounted for the highest, the third highest, the fifth highest and the sixth highest 2018 totals of Part 1 violent crimes against persons among LBPD's 280+ neighborhood crime reporting districts citywide. Gonzalez's Council district also had eleven homicides in 2018, an average of nearly one a month and the highest number among LB's nine Council districts.

Under federal crime reporting standards, LBPD reports "Part 1 crimes against persons," a category that includes murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Aggravated assaults include but aren't limited to shootings.

Not all LBPD crime reporting districts are of equal size; most within LB's downtown and central LB area are of similar size; others have irregular shapes. To view a map showing LBPD's crime reporting districts, click here.

LBPD's 2018 crime stats show the following:

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LBREPORT.com limited our details above to LBPD reporting districts with 70% or more of the part 1 crimes against persons in the highest reporting district.

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