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Berkeley Police Department

City agencyCA0010300NIBRS since 2023LEMAS 2020Founded 1909

Alameda County, California

Serves ~122,726 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Berkeley Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department for the city of Berkeley, California, United States.

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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 CA0010300.

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 · 477 victims, 493 offenders
Victim sex
Male270 (57%)
Female206 (43%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White236 (50%)
Black or African American158 (34%)
Asian75 (16%)
Weapons involved
Other135 (33%)
Personal Weapons110 (27%)
Blunt Object35 (9%)
Handgun29 (7%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument25 (6%)
None21 (5%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk227 (48%)
Residence/Home131 (27%)
Other/Unknown30 (6%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage20 (4%)
Restaurant9 (2%)
Park/Playground9 (2%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger236 (45%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend61 (12%)
Relationship Unknown43 (8%)
Otherwise Known40 (8%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)37 (7%)
Acquaintance33 (6%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations30 (18%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property26 (16%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations19 (11%)
Simple Assault18 (11%)
Kidnapping/Abduction15 (9%)
Drug Equipment Violations9 (5%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

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Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
158
Full-time civilian
89
Part-time civilian
28
Total FT employees
247
Population served
122,726
Operating budget
$70,325,114
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201316989$58,279,325
2007181101$50,333,416
2003186106$40,898,804
2000194106$31,738,827
1999196106
1997199119
199318073
199017879
198716867

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

Public policy portal

Published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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Berkeley PD Calls for Service
calls for service

POP conference activity

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

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