🚓 LA Crime Data Scraper

🚀 Export Los Angeles Police Department crime incident records with crime code, location, victim demographics, weapon, and status in seconds.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-25 · 📊 26 fields per record · 🚓 LAPD · 2020-present · All LAPD-reported incidents, 21 patrol areas

The LA Crime Data Scraper extracts records from the official Los Angeles Police Department crime dataset on data.lacity.org. Each record includes the DR number, report and occurrence dates, area code/name, reporting district, Part 1/2 classification, crime code and description, MO codes, victim age/sex/descent, premise code/description, weapon used, status, location, cross street and lat/lon - exported as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

The scraper supports filtering by area name (Central, Wilshire, Hollywood, Pacific, etc.) and crime code. Covers every incident from 2020 to present.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Journalists, researchers, public-safety analysts, insurance modelers, civic-tech	Crime-trend analysis, neighborhood safety reports, insurance underwriting, urban research

📋 What the LA Crime Data Scraper does

• Connects to the official LAPD Crime Data (City of LA) dataset.
• Paginates through every record matching your filters.
• Normalises each record into a flat, analysis-ready row.
• Exports as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML - directly from your Apify dataset.
• Refreshes on demand or on schedule (hourly, daily, weekly).

💡 Why it matters: stop copy-pasting from a portal that paginates 100 records at a time. One click, full dataset, your format.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Max incidents. Free: 10. Paid: up to 1,000,000.
areaName	string	LAPD area name (e.g. Wilshire, Hollywood).
crimeCode	string	LAPD crime code (e.g. 649 for forgery).

Example 1 - Wilshire area incidents

{
  "maxItems": 500,
  "areaName": "Wilshire"
}

Example 2 - Forgery cases citywide

{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "crimeCode": "649"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: free users are capped at 10 records per run as a preview. Upgrade to any paid plan to unlock full exports (up to 1,000,000 records). Data is collected directly from the official public source - no login or API key required.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🖼 imageUrl	string	Always null
📌 title	string	Crime code description
🔗 url	string	Source dataset URL
🆔 id	string	LAPD DR number
📋 dr_no	string	DR number
📅 date_rptd	string	Report date
📅 date_occ	string	Date of occurrence
⏰ time_occ	string	Time of occurrence
🗺 area	string	Area code
🏘 area_name	string	Area name
🔢 rpt_dist_no	string	Reporting district
📊 part_1_2	string	Part 1/Part 2 indicator
🚨 crm_cd	string	Crime code
📝 crm_cd_desc	string	Crime code description
📋 mocodes	string	MO codes
👤 vict_age	integer	Victim age
🚻 vict_sex	string	Victim sex
🌍 vict_descent	string	Victim descent code
🏠 premis_desc	string	Premise description
🔫 weapon_desc	string	Weapon description (nullable)
📊 status_desc	string	Case status
📍 location	string	Location string
📍 lat	number	Latitude
📍 lon	number	Longitude
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO scrape timestamp
❌ error	string	Populated on failure

Sample record (real run output):

{
  "title": "DOCUMENT FORGERY / STOLEN FELONY",
  "url": "https://data.lacity.org/Public-Safety/Crime-Data-from-2020-to-Present/2nrs-mtv8",
  "id": "250704070",
  "dr_no": "250704070",
  "date_rptd": "2025-01-29T00:00:00.000",
  "date_occ": "2024-12-30T00:00:00.000",
  "time_occ": "1500",
  "area": "07",
  "area_name": "Wilshire",
  "crm_cd": "649",
  "crm_cd_desc": "DOCUMENT FORGERY / STOLEN FELONY",
  "vict_age": 54,
  "vict_sex": "F",
  "vict_descent": "W",
  "premis_desc": "BANK",
  "status_desc": "Invest Cont",
  "location": "500 N  LARCHMONT BL",
  "lat": 34.079,
  "lon": -118.3236,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-25T22:24:06.775Z",
  "error": null
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

✅	What you get
🎯	Direct extraction from the official LAPD Crime Data (City of LA) portal
📊	26 normalised fields per record
⚡	Run on-demand or on schedule
📁	CSV, Excel, JSON, XML - your choice
🔌	Integrates with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, Google Drive
🆓	Free preview (10 records) - no credit card
🌍	Public data only - no login or API key required
🚀	Maintained and updated as the source schema evolves

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Speed	Maintenance	Cost	Export formats
Copy-paste from portal	🐌 Hours	🛠 High	Free	Limited
Build your own scraper	🐢 Days	🛠 Ongoing	Dev time	DIY
Generic SaaS scraper	🚶 Slow	🛠 Manual config	$$$	Generic
This Actor	🚀 Minutes	✅ Maintained	💸 From free	CSV / Excel / JSON / XML

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 credit - no credit card required.
2. Open the LA Crime Data Scraper page in Apify Store and click Try for free.
3. Configure the input (see Input section above).
4. Click Start - the run will produce a downloadable dataset.
5. Export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or stream to your destination via integrations.

💼 Business use cases

Lead generation & sales

🎯	Example
📞	Build target lists filtered by category, region, or status
🧠	Enrich CRM records with up-to-date public attributes

Compliance & risk

🎯	Example
🔍	Continuous monitoring of changes in official records
📋	Audit-trail-friendly exports for compliance teams

Market research

🎯	Example
📊	Track market dynamics over time
🌍	Benchmark across regions, categories, or operators

Operations & automation

🎯	Example
🔄	Schedule recurring pulls and pipe straight into your BI tool
🚨	Alert on threshold or status changes

🔌 Automating LA Crime Data Scraper

• Make - receive new records into a scenario and route them anywhere.
• Zapier - trigger on new dataset rows and push to 6,000+ apps.
• Slack - post fresh records into a channel for the team.
• Airbyte - sync the dataset into your warehouse (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, Postgres).
• GitHub - store snapshots in a repo for diffing over time.
• Google Drive / Sheets - auto-append rows to a spreadsheet.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

• Academic studies on LAPD Crime Data (City of LA) trends, distributions and outliers.

Personal projects

• Hobbyist data viz, dashboards, blog posts and side-projects.

Non-profit

• Open-data journalism, transparency audits, civic-tech tools.

Experimentation

• Train ML models on a clean, structured slice of public data.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Is the data accurate?

Yes - the scraper pulls directly from the official LAPD Crime Data (City of LA) public dataset. Accuracy mirrors the source.

❓ Do I need an API key or login?

No. Everything is public data. Just run the actor.

❓ How fresh is the data?

Each run fetches the latest available records from data.lacity.org at request time.

❓ How many records can I export?

Free users: 10 (preview). Paid users: up to 1,000,000 per run.

❓ Can I export to Excel?

Yes - choose CSV, Excel, JSON or XML on the dataset page.

❓ Can I schedule recurring runs?

Yes - Apify Schedules supports hourly/daily/weekly/cron. Pair with integrations for auto-delivery.

❓ Is this affiliated with LAPD Crime Data (City of LA)?

No. This is an independent tool that exposes publicly available data via a structured interface.

❓ What happens if the source goes down?

The actor surfaces a clean error record. Re-run when the source is back up.

❓ Can I filter the output?

Yes - the input section above lists every supported filter, exposed as a typed input field.

❓ Can I use it for commercial purposes?

Yes, subject to the source dataset's terms of use. Always review the original publisher's license.

❓ Where can I get help?

Open our contact form - we usually respond within one business day.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make · Zapier · Slack · Airbyte · GitHub · Google Drive · Google Sheets · BigQuery · Snowflake · Redshift · Postgres · MySQL · MongoDB · Kafka · Webhooks · REST API.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LAPD Crime Data (City of LA). It only collects publicly available data published by the source. Always review the source's terms of use before commercial deployment.