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Van Buren Police Department

City agencyAR0170100NIBRS since 2002LEMAS 2013

Crawford County, Arkansas

Serves ~23,006 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 AR0170100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 324 victims, 304 offenders
Victim sex
Male163 (50%)
Female161 (50%)
Victim race
White295 (94%)
Black or African American16 (5%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander3 (1%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
None48 (21%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument46 (20%)
Firearm38 (17%)
Blunt Object28 (12%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel23 (10%)
Handgun16 (7%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home214 (66%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk41 (13%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage25 (8%)
School-Elementary/Secondary14 (4%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.8 (2%)
School/College5 (2%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance147 (30%)
Stranger66 (14%)
Offender45 (9%)
Neighbor39 (8%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend30 (6%)
Child26 (5%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations16 (24%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property16 (24%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations8 (12%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering7 (10%)
Drug Equipment Violations6 (9%)
Intimidation4 (6%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
43
Part-time sworn
1
Full-time civilian
14
Part-time civilian
1
Population served
23,006
Operating budget
$3,924,980
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

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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