By FRANCES SHARPE | Editor-in-Chief
Pacific Palisades saw a 33 percent rise in residential burglaries and a 60 percent increase in burglaries/thefts from vehicles (BTFV) in 2015 compared with 2014, according to annual crime statistics provided by LAPD Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore.
Conversely, the number of thefts in 2015 decreased by 24 percent. The number of vehicles reported stolen (grand theft auto) went down from nine in 2014 to seven in 2015.
The number of violent crimes remained steady from 2014 to 2015 with no homicides, one robbery and 11 incidents of aggravated assault reported each year.
The only increase in violent crime was due to two rapes reported in 2015 compared with one the previous year.
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