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Ridgecrest Police Department

City agencyCA0150600NIBRS since 2021Founded 1962

Kern County, California

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The Ridgecrest Police Department is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the City of Ridgecrest, California. The headquarters is located at 100 West California Avenue. The city uses a nearby jail maintained by the Kern County Sheriff's Department.

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Crime & staffing trends

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NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Rape: victim & offender age · 57 victims, 52 offenders
Victim sex
Female57 (100%)
Victim race
White47 (85%)
Black or African American8 (15%)
Weapons involved
None24 (42%)
Personal Weapons21 (37%)
Other9 (16%)
Drugs/Narcotics/Sleeping Pills1 (2%)
Asphyxiation1 (2%)
Unknown1 (2%)
Incident location
Residence/Home34 (60%)
Other/Unknown7 (12%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk7 (12%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.5 (9%)
Park/Playground2 (4%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1 (2%)

Top 6 of 7 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance8 (24%)
Friend4 (12%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)4 (12%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend3 (9%)
Child2 (6%)
Other Family Member2 (6%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Kidnapping/Abduction2 (50%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1 (25%)
Simple Assault1 (25%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS survey

This agency was not matched in any local LEMAS extract (each survey wave samples ~3,000–3,500 of the ~19,000 US agencies). See the BJS LEMAS collection for methodology, or browse every LEMAS wave (1987–2020) at NACJD.

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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