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Bessemer Police Department

City agencyAL0010100NIBRS since 2006LEMAS 2020

Jefferson County, Alabama

Serves ~26,043 residents · LEMAS survey

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI AL0010100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 2,866 victims, 5,052 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,434 (50%)
Female1,401 (49%)
Unknown31 (1%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,787 (65%)
White952 (35%)
Asian6 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander6 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native4 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,445 (30%)
Department/Discount Store912 (19%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage377 (8%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk294 (6%)
Grocery/Supermarket268 (5%)
Other/Unknown259 (5%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend24 (22%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)23 (21%)
Acquaintance20 (18%)
Relationship Unknown16 (15%)
Parent7 (6%)
Spouse5 (5%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Burglary/Breaking & Entering422 (34%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property374 (30%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud117 (9%)
Simple Assault69 (5%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery46 (4%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations46 (4%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
93
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
45
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
138
Population served
26,043
Operating budget
$14,760,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201310532$10,200,000
200310418$3,741,000
200010919$7,573,152
199911520
199711716

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No open data sources are catalogued for this agency yet. FBI reported-crime data is still available via the Crime Data Explorer link above.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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