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Crime & Safety

Chatsworth a Victim of 3-Day Crime Wave

There was a bank robbery followed by an average of one crime every four hours beginning May 19.

Normally sedate Chatsworth suffered a bank robbery followed by a three-day crime wave, with an average of one crime every four hours, according to LAPD statistics.

There were 18 incidents over the 72-hour period, May 19-21.

During the 19 days from May 6 through May 25, there were 51 crimes in the Chatsworth area, an average of  2.6 crimes a day, an increase of 1.1 crimes per day over the previous reporting period. Of the 51 crimes, five were violent, including one attempted rape. The remaining 46 were made up of thefts, burglaries, theft from cars and grand theft autos.

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Sixteen of the crimes (31.8%) occurred during nighttime hours, while the remaining 35 (68.2%) occurred during daylight hours. Of these daylight hour crimes, 20 occurred during regular business hours.

Violent crime made up nearly 10% of all crime, up from 2.2% during the previous reporting period.

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The total breakdown of crime for this time period is: 13 thefts from vehicles, 13 thefts, 13 burglaries, 7 grand thefts auto, 3 robberies, 1 aggravated assault and 1 attempted rape. A significant increase in all areas of crime.

MAY 6

Attempted rape on the 21300 block of Devonshire Street at 2 a.m.

Theft on the 20700 block of Nordhoff Street at 12:30 p.m.

Robbery at Plummer Street and Winnetka Avenue at 12:30 p.m.

Burglary on the 9400 block of Lurline Avenue at 7:30 p.m.

MAY 7

Burglary on the 20600 block of Plummer Street at 5:05 a.m.

MAY 8

Burglary on the 10400 block of Larwin Avenue at 8 a.m.

Theft on the 21000 block of Plummer Street at 2 p.m.

MAY 9

Burglary on the 9700 block of Lubao Avenue at 7:45 a.m.

Burglary on the 9900 block of Lurline Avenue at 12:10 p.m.

Theft on the 20100 block of Plummer Street at 6:40 p.m.

MAY 10

Theft on the 10000 block of Canoga Avenue at 6 p.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 22200 block of Chatsworth Street at 8 p.m.

MAY 11

Burglary on the 9600 block of Variel Avenue at 1:45 a.m.

MAY 12

Burglary on the 10700 block of Belmar Avenue at 8 a.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 9200 block of Winnetka Avenue at 9:45 p.m.

MAY 13

Burglary on the 20900 block of Devonshire Street at 11:25 a.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 9200 block of Winnetka Avenue at 3:30 p.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 9200 block of Winnetka Avenue at 7:25 p.m. (separate incident)

Theft from a vehicle at Dupont and Owensmouth at 5:40 p.m.

Theft on the 20900 block of Devonshire Street at 8:30 p.m.

MAY 15

Burglary on the 10000 block of De Soto Avenue at 9 p.m.

MAY 16

Theft on the 9400 block of Eton Avenue at 4:30 p.m.

MAY 17

Theft on the 20700 block of Superior Street at 1 a.m.

Theft from a vehicle on Winnetka Street and Plummer Avenue at 6:30 p.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 9700 block of Casaba Avenue at 10 p.m.

MAY 18

Robbery on the 21800 block of Devonshire Street at 1:30 p.m. (robbery of the Union Bank)

MAY 19

Theft on the 21100 block of Nordhoff Street at 5 p.m.

Theft on the 9600 block of Topanga Canyon Place at 5 p.m.

Aggravated assault on the 10700 block of Andora Avenue at 11 p.m.

MAY 20

Grand theft auto on the 9300 block of Mason Avenue at 7 a.m.

Grand theft auto on the 23500 block of Lake Manor Drive 11:15 a.m.

Burglary on the 20000 block of Hiawatha Street at 12:30 p.m.

Theft on the 21400 block of Devonshire Street at 1:30 p.m.

Grand theft auto on the 22000 block of Lassen Street at 2:55 p.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 9800 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 3 p.m.

Theft on the 9400 block of Oso Avenue at 5 p.m.

Theft on the 9300 block of Oso Avenue at 5:30 p.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 21600 block of Devonshire Street at 6:30 p.m.

Theft from a vehicle on the 9900 block of Nevada Avenue at 8 p.m.

Burglary on the 21700 block of Devonshire Street at 11 p.m.

MAY 21

Robbery at Lassen and Variel at 1:30 a.m.

Theft from a vehicle on Rinaldi and Corbin at 7 a.m.

Grand theft auto on the 23500 block of Lake Manor Drive at 11:15 a.m.

Theft from a vehicle at Winnetka and Prairie at 11:35 p.m.

MAY 22

Theft from a vehicle on the 20700 block of Lassen Street at 6 p.m.

MAY 23

Burglary on the 9900 block of De Soto Avenue at 5 a.m.

Grand theft auto on Plummer Street and Canoga Avenue at 11 a.m.

MAY 24

Burglary on the 8100 block of Sunny Brae Avenue at 12:45 p.m.

Theft on the 9100 block of De Soto Avenue at 8:30 p.m.

Grand theft auto at Lassen and Topanga Canyon at 10 p.m.

MAY 25

Grand theft auto on the 21700 block of Plummer Street at 10:15 a.m.

Sources: The Los Angeles Times Crime Map, The Daily News Under Arrest in Los Angeles

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