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La Mesa Police Department

City agencyCA0370800NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

San Diego County, California

Serves ~59,724 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 CA0370800.

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 · 716 victims, 806 offenders
Victim sex
Male469 (66%)
Female245 (34%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White464 (84%)
Black or African American60 (11%)
Asian22 (4%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander3 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Incident location
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage315 (40%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk292 (38%)
Residence/Home96 (12%)
Other/Unknown29 (4%)
Construction Site18 (2%)
Park/Playground12 (2%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown227 (98%)
Stranger1 (0%)
Friend1 (0%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)1 (0%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1 (0%)
Co-occurring offenses
Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories45 (31%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle22 (15%)
Stolen Property Offenses17 (12%)
Identity Theft16 (11%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering12 (8%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property11 (8%)

Top 6 of 15 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 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
63
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
30
Part-time civilian
8
Total FT employees
93
Population served
59,724
Operating budget
$20,617,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20136727
20076431$12,700,000
20036126$9,780,285

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 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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