Total Inspections
120,499
1/2/2025 – 12/31/2025
Inspection Types
156
Active types
Pass Rate
44%
47,994 passed
Fail Rate
39%
43,141 failed
Change vs Prior Period
Volume
↓ 6.2%vs 2024
Fail Rate
↓ 0.4%vs 2024
Top Movers
- ↑ 2200%Deputy Pre-Stress Concrete
- ↑ 633%Order to Comply
- ↑ 138%Demo Pre-Inspection
Top Inspection Types by Volume
| Type | Total | Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Final | 25,765 | 49% |
| Rough | 8,202 | 23% |
| Special/Order Compliance | 5,490 | 11% |
| Smoke Detectors | 4,030 | 62% |
| Inspection | 3,602 | 100% |
| Floor/Roof Diaphrgm/Shear Wall | 3,470 | 36% |
| Service/Power Release | 3,326 | 47% |
| Public Counter | 3,271 | 100% |
| Footing/Foundation/Slab | 3,074 | 33% |
| SGSOV-Seismic Gas S/O Valve | 2,843 | 57% |
Highest Fail Rates
| Type | Fail Rate | Volume |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Drain | 82% | 255 |
| Deputy Other (see comments) | 78% | 261 |
| Water Piping or Service | 75% | 256 |
| Drainage Devices/Catch Basin | 74% | 122 |
| Fill/Backfill | 73% | 158 |
| Excavation | 72% | 394 |
| Deputy Wood Construction | 71% | 661 |
| Deputy Grading | 70% | 1,074 |
| Special Equipment | 69% | 391 |
| Green HVAC Rough | 69% | 159 |
Results Breakdown (LADBS Categories)
Approved
25,929
22%
Permit Finaled
13,867
12%
Corrections Issued
11,567
10%
Partial Approval
11,566
10%
Insp Cancelled
11,134
9%
Insp Scheduled
10,740
9%
Not Ready for Inspection
8,194
7%
Partial Inspection
4,371
4%
Conditional Approval
4,086
3%
Cancelled
3,372
3%
Data Quality & Transparency
99.99% Coverage
We ingest directly from the official LADBS public dataset. A small number of records (~0.006%) are excluded because they're missing required fields like inspection type or result — these are data quality issues in the source system, not our processing.
Duplicate Tracking
LADBS sometimes records the same inspection multiple times. We detect and track these duplicates using Socrata's unique row IDs, ensuring accurate counts while preserving evidence of source data quality issues.
Source: Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) • Dataset ID: 9w5z-rg2h •View on LA Open Data