Street Crimes

Street Crimes, also referred to as Side Missions or Unassigned Cases, are a feature in L.A. Noire. During your drive to a case or back from one, gunshots--or random skirmishes--will occur on the streets of L.A. The police dispatcher will sometimes signal you to help in a gun battle or a bank robbery. As Cole Phelps, a detective, it is your job to solve cases, but it is also your job to protect the citizens of the city. Some of the many unassigned cases include bank robbery, fist fighting, muggers, prostitution, speeding violations, and talking a suicide jumper off a ledge. Each desk has its own set of street crimes. If you miss any during your playthrough, you can attempt to get them all or replay any of completed by replaying the respective desk in the free-roaming Streets of L.A. under "Cases" in the main menu. The dispatch calls come in quick succession unlike in Story mode.

There are a total of 40 Street Crimes in L.A Noire in all desks except patrol, which is the only desk where "Streets of L.A." isn't available.

List of cases

Traffic

• "Boxing Clever"
• "Cosmic Rays"
• "Masked Gunman"
• "Shoo Shoo Bandits"
• "Gangfight"
• "Amateur Hour"
• "Death from Above"
• "Theater Robbery"
• "Pawnshop Holdup"
• "Hotel Bandits"
• "Army Surplus"
• "Hung Out to Dry"

Homicide

• "Vengeful Ex"
• "Death Plunge"
• "Canned Fish"
• "Would Be Robber"
• "Running Battle"
• "Bank Job"
• "Unsuccessful Holdup"
• "Cop Killer Shot"
• "Honey Boy"
• "Misunderstanding"
• "Thicker Than Water"
• "Killer Bandits"
• "Bowling Lane Robbery"

Vice

• "Commies"
• "Fatal Plunge"
• "Against the Odds"
• "Daylight Robbery"
• "The Blue Line"
• "Zoot Suit Riot"
• "The Badger Game"
• "Camera Obscura"
• "Secret Keepers"
• "Bad Date"

Arson

• "Accident Prone"
• "Paper Sack Holdup"
• "Cafe Holdup"
• "Bus Stop Shooting"
• "Hot Property"

Street Crimes Map

Notes

• Street crimes show up as both red icons and grey icons. Per this page on the Rockstar Games Support site: "Street crimes that have been completed will show up as grey icons on the map while new street crimes show up as red icons."
• This feature is similar to the "Random Characters" in Grand Theft Auto IV, as well as the "Random Encounters" and "Strangers" in Red Dead Redemption.
• You can receive three achievements/trophies through unassigned cases: "A Cop on Every Corner," "Johnny on the Spot," and "The Long Arm of the Law."
• Sometimes, Cole re-encounters characters from the main story cases in the street crimes.
• Partners will drive you to the location of street crime as a primary location if marked with yellow on the map. Also, in The Streets of L.A. (Free Roam), you can pinpoint the Street Crime location through your map, then you can have your partner drive to the road or parking lot near the location you choose; the dispatch call will play again in the loading screen, and you will respond automatically.
• In Free Roam, multiple Street Crimes can occur at once, so you may arrive at another Street Crime location while driving to the Street Crime location you are heading to.
• Street Crimes can only be accessed at certain times of the day. That is applicable for story mode and free roam. For example, almost all Arson street crime cases are available only during the day. Street Crimes will appear at all times even if completed, so if it is only available at night, you may have to drive around or wait until day. This is a good time to look for Film Reels, Landmarks, and also cars if you are waiting for a certain street crime.
• If you need a certain night/ day street crime to complete the trophy, you can enter and exit free roam mode until the conditions change from night to day or vice versa.
• After completing a Street Crime, Police vehicles automatically spawn after the cut-scene rolls.
• Some street crimes repeat at the same locations, over different desks.
• In some street crimes during the dispatch call, Stefan Bekowsky and Roy Earle will sometimes comment sarcastically on the situation, where as Rusty Galloway and Herschel Biggs will always keep quiet.

Video Walkthrough

LA Noire Remaster - All Street Crimes The Long Arm of the Law Trophy Achievement