 Between July and October 2019, the crime breakdown of 997 reported crimes within 0.5 miles of Skid Row’s center was 21.97% vehicle break-in/theft, 27.08% larceny, 24.67% assault, 1.04% sex crime, 13.14% robbery, 6.12% burglary, 4.61% motor vehicle theft, 0.6% arson and 0.4% homicide.The Safer Cities Initiative was a 68-week policy implemented in 2006 by the Los Angeles Police Department to reduce crime activity within Skid Row.The policy, led by former police chief William Bratton, assigned approximately 50 police officers to the Skid Row area to enforce stricter policing of offenses in accordance with the broken windows theory of policing.