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Gainesville Police Department

City agencyFL0010100NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Alachua County, Florida

Serves ~135,004 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Gainesville Police Department is responsible for law enforcement within the city limits of Gainesville, Florida. This includes operations, investigations, crime prevention, victim outreach, community outreach, and youth outreach.

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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 FL0010100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Burglary: victim & offender age · 758 victims, 993 offenders
Victim sex
Male392 (52%)
Female365 (48%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White463 (62%)
Black or African American262 (35%)
Asian27 (4%)
Incident location
Residence/Home679 (62%)
Other/Unknown75 (7%)
Specialty Store38 (3%)
Restaurant38 (3%)
Rental Storage Facility38 (3%)
Convenience Store29 (3%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown105 (42%)
Stranger57 (23%)
Acquaintance19 (8%)
Common-Law Spouse17 (7%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend13 (5%)
Friend10 (4%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property90 (40%)
Simple Assault45 (20%)
Aggravated Assault31 (14%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations11 (5%)
Drug Equipment Violations9 (4%)
Robbery7 (3%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
Possible sources (3) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Arrestsdata.cityofgainesville.org

Crime Responsesdata.cityofgainesville.org

Traffic Crashesdata.cityofgainesville.org

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
261
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
112
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
373
Population served
135,004
Operating budget
$36,330,789
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201329360$57,949,500
200726578$28,053,617
200326970$25,571,867
2000255135$20,823,158
1999248106
1997249136
1993205108
1990202102

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

Gainesville open data

POP conference activity

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

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