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A rise in crime casts shadow on downtown Los Angeles

Pedestrians cross Main Street at the intersection of 5th Street in a downtown area known as "the corridor" that had the biggest jump in property crime in the LAPD's Central Division in the first half of 2015, a threefold increase compared with the same period last year.

Pedestrians cross Main Street at the intersection of 5th Street in a downtown area known as “the corridor” that had the biggest jump in property crime in the LAPD’s Central Division in the first half of 2015, a threefold increase compared with the same period last year.

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Crime has risen across the city this year, but nowhere has the increase been as large as in L.A.’s hippest new domain: downtown.

Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

People stand at a bus stop along 5th Street near Broadway in a high-crime area of downtown known as “the Corridor.”

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

Pedestrians walk past a defunct jat store along 5th Street in a downtown area known as “the Corridor.”

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

A man walks past a bar near the intersection of Los Angeles and 5th streets in downtown L.A.’s “corridor.”

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

The sign atop the Rosslyn Hotel is silhouetted against the afternoon sky at the intersection of Main and 5th Streets in downtown L.A.

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

A man sits on the sidewalk at the corner of 5th and Main Streets in a downtown area known as “the corridor.”

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

A man leans out a window of the Rosslyn Hotel at the intersection of 5th and Main Streets in a downtown area known as “the corridor.”

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

A woman sits on the sidewalk near the intersection of 5th Street and Broadway in a downtown area known as “the corridor.”

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

Homeless people walk across Pershing Square in downtown L.A.

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Street scenes from downtown Los Angeles

A man dances at the corner of 5th Street and Broadway in a downtown area known as “tThe corridor.”

  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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