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Santa Maria Police Department

City agencyCA0420400NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Santa Barbara County, California

Serves ~105,851 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 CA0420400.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Robbery: victim & offender age · 621 victims, 921 offenders
Victim sex
Male486 (78%)
Female133 (21%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White580 (95%)
Asian19 (3%)
Black or African American10 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons203 (34%)
Handgun124 (21%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument86 (14%)
None66 (11%)
Blunt Object31 (5%)
Firearm26 (4%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk287 (39%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage85 (12%)
Department/Discount Store68 (9%)
Convenience Store52 (7%)
Residence/Home47 (6%)
Commercial/Office Building39 (5%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown617 (67%)
Stranger199 (22%)
Otherwise Known31 (3%)
Acquaintance28 (3%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)15 (2%)
Friend9 (1%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Aggravated Assault19 (21%)
Kidnapping/Abduction13 (14%)
Weapon Law Violations12 (13%)
Simple Assault11 (12%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property8 (9%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering5 (5%)

Top 6 of 16 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
122
Population served
105,851

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20139144$22,414,705
20071160$22,000,000
200310638$14,000,000
20008834$11,000,000
19998632
19977927

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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