West Adams in Los Angeles: permits, LAPD offenses inside the council's outline, with sports fields, libraries and Metro E and K Line access.
Search this neighborhoodWest Adams is a central Los Angeles council area, with Mid City to the north, Empowerment Congress West to the south, United Neighborhoods to the east and the Culver City city limits to the west. About 26,000 people live inside the council's outline. Sentous and West Adams appear as local place names.
The Michelle And Barack Obama Sports Complex is listed at 29 acres, and the outline also holds the Baldwin Hills Branch Los Angeles Public Library, Baldwin Hills Recreation Center and Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Metro E and K Lines stop inside, along with Metro Local lines 35/38, 14/37, 212, 105, 217 and 210. Zoning in West Adams is a mix of multi-family residential (RD1.5, R2, R3), commercial (C2, C1.5, C4) and single-family residential (R1); 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 West Adams 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 233 permits for addresses in West Adams over the past 12 months in the public data: 64% alterations and repairs and 15% building additions. Among alteration, addition and new-building permits, the most common use is single family (31%).
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in West Adams is a mix of multi-family residential (RD1.5, R2, R3), commercial (C2, C1.5, C4) and single-family residential (R1); the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any West Adams 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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