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Ventura Police Department

City agencyCA0560800NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 2020

Ventura County, California

Serves ~109,633 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

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 · 468 victims, 546 offenders
Victim sex
Male294 (63%)
Female173 (37%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White424 (94%)
Black or African American19 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native3 (1%)
Asian3 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander2 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk227 (42%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage187 (34%)
Residence/Home55 (10%)
Auto Dealership New/Used22 (4%)
Other/Unknown11 (2%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.9 (2%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown80 (47%)
Stranger60 (35%)
Acquaintance13 (8%)
Friend7 (4%)
Otherwise Known5 (3%)
Grandparent2 (1%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Stolen Property Offenses28 (19%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle24 (16%)
Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories16 (11%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations16 (11%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering14 (9%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property11 (7%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
137
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
47
Part-time civilian
32
Total FT employees
184
Population served
107,110
Operating budget
$42,313,987
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201312544$28,500,000
200712848$29,237,673
200313155$20,881,271
200012764$17,096,962
199912262
199711865
199312060
199012165

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
131
Civilians (2025)
47

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

No catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

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