Koreatown in central Los Angeles: permits, LAPD offenses inside the council's outline, with theatres, libraries, parks and Metro B and D Line access.
Search this neighborhoodKoreatown is officially the Wilshire Center - Koreatown Neighborhood Council, in central Los Angeles with Greater Wilshire along its western edge and MacArthur Park to the east. About 97,700 people live inside the council's outline, the largest population in this batch. Local place names in the data include Koreatown and Little Bangladesh.
The named places inside include The Wiltern, Chapman Plaza, Wilshire Boulevard Temple and Seoul International Park, along with the Pio Pico - Koreatown Branch Library. The Metro B and D Lines stop in the area, as do Metro Local lines 206, 207, 20, 18, 66, 204, 210 and 16. Zoning in Koreatown is mostly multi-family residential (R4, R3, R5), with commercial in smaller shares; the exact district varies by parcel. Every layer on this page is clipped to the council's outline.
CivicScout counts LAPD reported offenses that carry a location, clipped to the Koreatown Neighborhood Council outline (LAPD places each offense on its hundred block, so offenses on a boundary street can fall on either side). Traffic crashes and food inspections are not available for Los Angeles (LAPD’s collision feed stopped updating in March 2025), so their absence here means no data, not no incidents.
View safety data →LADBS issued 278 permits for addresses in Koreatown over the past 12 months in the public data: 72% alterations and repairs and 8% new buildings. Among alteration, addition and new-building permits, the most common use is apartments (50%).
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View new construction →Zoning in Koreatown is mostly multi-family residential (R4, R3, R5), with commercial in smaller shares; the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any Koreatown address combines permits, LAPD offenses, 311 requests, parks and zoning within a half mile. Traffic crashes, food inspections and code violations are not available for Los Angeles.
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