Crime Clusters on Just 5 Days
Of 110 crimes reported, 30 occurred on these five days: Oct. 12, 21, 26, 28 and Nov. 2.
Chatsworth crimes from Sept. 25 through Nov. 12.Credit CrimeMapping.com
During the 48 days from Sept. 25 through Nov. 12, there were 110 reported crimes in the Chatsworth area, according to CrimeMapping.com, a website which aggregates daily crime reports directly from the Police Department.
After an unusually violent summer, Chatsworth cooled off as the school year began. However, crime has tipped upward once more, although violent crime remains low.
During the last reporting period Chatsworth averaged 1.6 crimes a day, this cycle averaged 2.3 crimes a day, an increase of almost 45 percent.
However, the increase may not be part of a larger trend. Of the 110 total crimes reported, a whopping 30 occurred on just five of the 48 days: Oct. 12, 21, 26, 28 and Nov. 2.
The similar nature of the crimes, the closeness of many of the locations and the short period of time all imply that these statistics are possibly the result of an individual or group of individuals going on a spree rather than an aggregate increase in criminality. The closeness of these dates to Halloween is another possible contributing cause.
Fortunately, though crime as a whole increased, violent crime represented only 4 of the 110 reported cases, less than 5 percent of the total.
The reported crimes in Chatsworth were: 48 thefts from vehicles, 25 burglaries, 20 thefts, 13 grand theft autos, two robberies and two assaults.
Below is a list of the reported crimes:
September 25
•Burglary on the 21900 block of Lassen Street at 9:30 a.m.
•Theft on the 10500 block of Mason Avenue at 2 p.m.
September 26
•Burglary on the 9900 block of Casaba Avenue at 10:10 a.m.
•Theft on the 9200 block of Winnetka Avenue at 5 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9800 block of Comanche Avenue at 9 p.m.
September 27
•Burglary on the 9700 block of Nita Avenue at 10:30 a.m.
September 28
•Grand theft auto at Lassen and Lurline at 5:30 a.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 9600 block of De Soto Avenue at 11 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9700 block of Casaba Avenue at noon.
September 30
•Burglary on the 9000 block of Owensmouth Avenue at 6 p.m.
October 1
•Theft from a vehicle on the 20000 block of Hiawatha Street at 10:30 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9600 block of Lurline Avenue at 1 p.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 9600 block of Lurline Avenue at 1 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9700 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 10 p.m.
October 2
•Theft from a vehicle on the 21900 block of Lassen Street at 6 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10000 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 8:45 a.m.
October 3
•Burglary on the 21200 block of Lassen Street at 12:01 a.m.
•Theft on the 9200 block of Alabama Avenue at 9 a.m.
•Theft on the 10000 block of De Soto Avenue at 2 p.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 21700 block of Septo Street at 6 p.m.
October 5
•Burglary on the 10500 block of Lurline Avenue at 2:30 p.m.
October 6
•Burglary on the 9900 block of Jordan Avenue at 3 p.m.
•Theft on the 22200 block of Craggy View Street at 6 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on De Soto Avenue and Devonshire Street at 11 p.m.
October 8
•Theft at Mason Avenue and Devonshire Street at 2:30 p.m.
October 10
•Theft from a vehicle on the Devonshire Street and Glade Avenue at 2:25 p.m.
•Theft on the 8900 block of Mason Avenue at 2:30 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9900 block of Owensmouth Avenue at 10 p.m.
October 11
•Theft on the 10200 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 6 p.m.
October 12
•Grand theft auto on the 9100 block of Alabama Avenue at 7:45 a.m.
•Robbery on the 9100 block of Deering Avenue at 4:45 p.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 9400 block of Lurline Avenue at 5 p.m.
•Burglary on the 23500 block of Ehlers Drive at 7:30 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9900 block of De Soto Avenue at 10 p.m.
October 13
•Theft from a vehicle on the 21500 block of Lassen Street at 2 a.m.
•Burglary on the 10900 block of Fullbright Avenue at 2 p.m.
October 14
•Theft from a vehicle on the 11000 block of Old Santa Susana Pass Road at 3 p.m.
October 15
•Theft from a vehicle on the 22300 block of Chatsworth Street at 3 p.m.
October 16
•Theft at Chatsworth Street and Canoga Avenue at 10:40 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10200 block of De Soto Avenue at 4 p.m.
October 17
•Grand theft auto on the 20400 block of Prairie Street at 7:30 a.m.
October 18
•Burglary on the 20700 block of Tribune Street at 7 a.m.
•Burglary on the 20400 block of Celtic Street at noon.
October 20
•Theft on the 9700 block of Deering Avenue at 1:50 p.m.
•Theft on the 21700 block of Nordhoff Street at 2:30 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10300 block of Canoga Avenue at 7:40 p.m.
October 21
•Theft from a vehicle on the 21400 block of Plummer Street at 9:15 a.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 9900 block of Variel Avenue at 2 p.m.
•Theft at Devonshire Street and Canoga Avenue at 3:10 p.m.
•Theft on the 20500 block of Prairie Street at 4:20 p.m.
•Robbery on the 20700 block of Lassen Street at 6 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10000 block of Lurline Avenue at 7 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10400 block of Canoga Avenue at 7:30 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 21000 block of Lassen Street at 9:30 p.m.
October 22
•Theft from a vehicle at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Santa Susana Pass at 1:45 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9200 block of Winnetka Avenue at 6:20 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle at Vintage Street and De Soto Avenue at 8 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10300 block of Canoga Avenue at 11 p.m.
October 24
•Burglary on the 9600 block of Lurline Avenue at 10 a.m.
October 25
•Burglary on the 20400 block of Tulsa Street at 1 p.m.
October 26
•Theft on the 9900 block of Lurline Avenue at 10 a.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 20100 block of Tuba Street at 6 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9700 block of Casaba Avenue at 7 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10100 block of Keokuk Avenue at 8 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 20300 block of Superior Street at 10 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 19800 block of Septo Street at 11:30 p.m.
October 27
•Theft from a vehicle on the 20300 block of Citronia Street at 12:10 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 4:45 p.m.
•Theft on the 10300 block of Melvin Avenue at 5 p.m.
October 28
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10200 block of Independence Avenue at 12:01 a.m.
•Burglary on the 20200 block of Prairie Street at 8:30 a.m.
•Theft on the 21600 block of Devonshire Street at 1:35 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9900 block of Jordan Avenue at 5 p.m.
•Burglary on the 20700 block of Dearborn Street at 5:30 p.m.
•Theft at Lassen Street and De Soto Avenue at 7 p.m.
October 29
•Burglary on the 21700 block of Marilla Street at 3 a.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 21700 block of Septo Street at 4:40 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9200 block of Winnetka Avenue at 5:40 p.m.
October 30
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9500 block of Casaba Avenue at 8 p.m.
October 31
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10100 block of Cozycroft Avenue at 3 a.m.
November 1
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10400 block of Canoga Avenue at noon.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10400 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 4 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 10400 block of Canoga Avenue at 8 p.m.
November 2
•Burglary on the 10200 block of Oklahoma Avenue at 4 a.m.
•Burglary on the 10000 block of Comanche Avenue at 9 a.m.
•Burglary on the 10200 block of Melvin Avenue at noon
•Theft from a vehicle on the 20700 block of Germain Street at 3:30 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle at De Soto and Prairie at 7:55 p.m.
November 3
•Burglary on the 10200 block of Oklahoma Avenue at 11 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9900 block of Owensmouth Avenue at 9 p.m.
November 4
•Theft from a vehicle on the 20700 block of Germain Street at 11 a.m.
•Burglary on the 19600 block of Mayall Street at 1 p.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 20900 block of Devonshire Street at 2:40 p.m.
November 5
•Theft on the 9500 block of De Soto Avenue at 1:50 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle at Topanga Canyon and Devonshire at 1:40 p.m.
•Burglary on the 8900 block of Oso Avenue at 5:30 p.m.
November 6
•Aggravated assault at Owensmouth Avenue and Devonshire Street at 1:45 a.m.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 21900 block of Stanwell Street at noon.
•Theft from a vehicle on the 20500 block of Blackhawk Street at 4:30 p.m.
November 7
•Grand theft auto on the 21600 block of Devonshire Street at 2:15 p.m.
November 8
•Theft from a vehicle on the 9600 block of Laramie Avenue at 5 a.m.
•Burglary on the 24300 block of Woolsey Canyon Road at 6:40 p.m.
•Theft on the 21700 block of Septo Street at 8 p.m.
November 10
•Theft from a vehicle on the 22000 block of Hiawatha Street at 3 p.m.
•Grand theft auto on the 10100 block of Laramie Avenue at 7 p.m.
November 11
•Grand theft auto on the 20300 block of Kinzie Street at 9:15 a.m.
•Burglary on the 10000 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 10 p.m.
•Theft on the 8800 block of Oso Avenue at 11:59 p.m.
November 12
•Burglary on the 21300 block of Superior Street at 5:50 a.m.
•Aggravated assault on the 20300 block of Tau Place at 3:50 p.m.
Source: CrimeMapping.com
