The only place so far I was - luckily almost only - mugged in LA (thanks to god hopefully it'll stay that way) was when I tried to do some plane spotting behind the Renaissance and went to the runway by foot and that was during broad daylight. Stupidly enough I did this after coming out of the Marriott M Club so I was carrying my laptop openly - well lesson learnt. My Uber drivers told me thought that the airport is safe (I guess you as LAX airport pros know that anyway) only the surrounding areas are a bit questionable especially at night.

I believe it's a different direction to the burger joint but since then I am hesitant to walk around at LAX