PALMDALE – The City of Palmdale and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Palmdale Station have announced a crime rate of 175 crimes per 10,000 population for the year.
When compared to 2020, crime fell in several categories. Homicides dropped from 10 to 8, robberies from 153 to 143, burglaries from 427 to 344, and auto thefts from 543 to 525. Overall, a total of 2,974 Part 1 crimes were recorded in 2021, up from 2,903 in 2020 resulting in a 2.45% increase in the raw numbers. The actual crime rate, which is calculated by taking the number Part 1 crimes and dividing it by the total population, came in at 175, marking the lowest crime rate in Palmdale in nearly a quarter of a century.
“These are the lowest numbers that we have seen since we have been tracking,” said Mayor Steve Hofbauer. “Once again, the partnerships we’ve developed with City staff, law enforcement, and our residents continue to make our community safer for everyone.”
“Our Palmdale Station personnel are committed to public safety despite enduring challenges these past couple of years,” said Palmdale Sheriff’s Station Captain Ron Shaffer. “The city of Palmdale is an amazing partner in the public safety mission, and the members of our community that work and live in Palmdale have been the best resource in improving our efforts.”
“Public safety is a top priority of our City Council and these statistics further prove that their vision for a safer Palmdale is on track,” said Acting City Manager Ronda Perez. “The Council is committed to public safety and the results are playing out in the community.”
“We are looking to continue our crime reduction efforts this year,” Captain Shafer said. “Continued success will require help from the community.”
For more information about Palmdale’s neighborhood services department, call 661-267-5170.
[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]
Editor’s Note/ UPDATE: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Part 1 crimes in Palmdale decreased in 2021. The article has been revised, and Palmdale Communications Manager John Mlynar issued the following correction on Feb. 28, 2022:
The city of Palmdale recently issued a press release on its crime stats for 2021 and announced a crime rate of 175 per 10,000 residents. That is the lowest crime rate in over a quarter century.
However, we mistakenly noted in the press release that the percentage of Part 1 crimes decreased, when they in fact increased. The actual number of Part 1 crimes for 2021 was 2,974, which was 71 more than 2020’s total of 2,903, an increase of 2.45%. Yet the crime rate dropped. How could that happen?
It is because the crime rate is based on total population. To determine a City’s crime rate, take the number of Part 1 crimes and divide it by the total population. For 2021 in Palmdale, the total number of Part 1 crimes for was 2,974. Divide that by the latest US Census population for Palmdale of 169,450, and it equals .0175 (rounded). Multiply .0175 times 10,000 and you get 175.
We apologize for the error and any confusion it may have caused. The City of Palmdale remains committed to our community-oriented policing approach of engaging law enforcement, City staff, and our residents to work together for the common goal of making our City as safe as possible.”
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Wonkette says
I wonder when the QAnon/MAGAt crowd from the AV Scanner Page will be on here to say, “reeeeee…but…but…but…PaLmDaLe bAd…derp, derp, derp” ?
I swear that group is full of some of the most paranoid, tin-foil hat wearing, low IQ, stupid, bootlicking Trump worshipers.
Sad, really.
America's Most Paranoid, Tin-foil Hat Wearing, Low IQ, Stupid, Bootlicking Trump Worshiper says
I don’t follow your point, but I enjoyed the way you phrased it.
Stinger says
Agreed. Thank you America’s Most Accurate (this time). ;-)
Tim Scott says
They’re daft. You guys are right.
They should just stick to talking crime rate and avoid any discussion of the number of crimes.
175 per 10,000 is really good, and they should just point to that. A simple piece of math like that can be too hard for deecees and such to follow though I guess…
Beeceee says
You dork,
Lol…
That’s why I give stinker more credit over you foos
Tim Scott says
Wow. That was insightful for such a deecee as you.
Go drip somewhere else.
Stinger says
Ummm… Maybe I’m reading that chart wrong, but it sure looks to me like a 2.40% overall INCREASE year over year.
Anonymous says
There was an increase in the number of crimes. Crime rate is determined by the number of crimes and population. Crime numbers can go up but if the population goes up at a higher rate, it will not raise the crime rate.
A crime rate describes the number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies per 100,000 total population. A crime rate is calculated by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population; the result is multiplied by 100,000. For example, in 2010 there were 58,100 robberies in California and the population was 38,826,898. This equals a robbery crime rate of 149.6 per 100,000 general population.
In this case, it was crimes per 10,000.
Stinger says
Actually, I understood all of that at the outset. The numbers presented are already converted, so your explanation, as nice as it is, is inapplicable to the chart’s conclusions.
America's Most Broke But Unwoke says
Stinker:
You are the super fact checker and crucible of truth around here. Bravo and thanks (but as a Trumplican, drats).
FWB says
My first thought was population went up.
Tim Scott says
That doesn’t change the fact that the chart shown is not crime rate. It’s crimes, and it does show an increase. I understand that crime rate has indeed gone down, again, which is great, but I find the chances that crime rate went down by the exact same percentage that number of crimes went up to be very small. Whoever wrote this press release (my guess here) did not grasp what the chart they were looking at actually was, knew that crime rate went down, and just grabbed that number to make it look like they calculated.
Anonymous says
The population numbers were not included on the chart and probably should have been to help clarify the calculation. Palmdale’s current population based on 2020 census numbers is 169,450. Palmdale part 1 crimes numbers for 2021 were 2974. 2974 divided by 169,450 equals .0175. Now multiply .0175 times 10,000 and you get 175. Palmdale had 175 part one crimes per 10,000 people in 2021.
my2cents says
I agree. 2020 = 2903 and 2021 = 2974 shows 2.45% increase on the chart. Some part 1 crime did drop, but overall it’s a 2.45% increase. Maybe I’m just reading it wrong.