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Costa Mesa Police Department

City agencyCA0300400NIBRS since 2023LEMAS 2020Founded 1953

Orange County, California

Serves ~112,366 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) is the police department of the city of Costa Mesa, California.The department is authorized 130 sworn officers plus additional civilian support staff.

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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 CA0300400.

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 · 1,666 victims, 2,968 offenders
Victim sex
Male957 (57%)
Female703 (42%)
Unknown6 (0%)
Victim race
White1,233 (86%)
Asian148 (10%)
Black or African American39 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native12 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander5 (0%)
Incident location
Shopping Mall670 (23%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage414 (14%)
Residence/Home407 (14%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk388 (13%)
Department/Discount Store228 (8%)
Other/Unknown201 (7%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger31 (44%)
Relationship Unknown28 (39%)
Otherwise Known4 (6%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend3 (4%)
Acquaintance2 (3%)
Neighbor1 (1%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Drug/Narcotic Violations52 (22%)
Drug Equipment Violations36 (15%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property34 (14%)
Simple Assault29 (12%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game26 (11%)
Stolen Property Offenses14 (6%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
127
Part-time sworn
2
Full-time civilian
76
Part-time civilian
38
Total FT employees
203
Population served
112,366
Operating budget
$48,481,767
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201312271$39,085,419
200716285$5,841,652
200315763$28,353,724
199915173
199715065
199313856
199014159
198714141

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 catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

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

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