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Merced Police Department

City agencyCA0240600NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 2013

Merced County, California

Serves ~80,793 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 CA0240600.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 1,317 victims, 1,414 offenders
Victim sex
Male820 (62%)
Female496 (38%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White1,113 (85%)
Black or African American122 (9%)
Asian69 (5%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander8 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native4 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home516 (36%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk509 (36%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage210 (15%)
Other/Unknown63 (4%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.17 (1%)
Commercial/Office Building17 (1%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown153 (58%)
Stranger30 (11%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)17 (6%)
Acquaintance16 (6%)
Parent15 (6%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend8 (3%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Stolen Property Offenses76 (31%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering39 (16%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property27 (11%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle19 (8%)
All Other Larceny17 (7%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations13 (5%)

Top 6 of 22 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 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
76
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
32
Part-time civilian
0
Population served
80,793
Operating budget
$20,343,581
Body-worn cameras: yes

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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