The Los Angeles Police Department, and the LAPD Valley
Bureau especially, closed a greater proportion of homicide cases by means other than arrests, compared to other agencies. Law enforcement departments provided the status of homicide cases from 2000 through 2010. Solved by arrest
Solved by other
Overall solved rate
LAPD Valley Bureau
LAPD total LAPD non-Valley bureaus
49% 41 39
14% 12 1
63% 53 49
National average 2011-13
48%
5%
53%
Law enforcement agency
Sources: LAPD; FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System