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Waterloo Police Department

City agencyIA0070300NIBRS since 1991LEMAS 2020

Black Hawk County, Iowa

Serves ~67,292 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 IA0070300.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 1,158 victims, 1,117 offenders
Victim sex
Male584 (50%)
Female574 (50%)
Victim race
Black or African American597 (52%)
White536 (47%)
Asian7 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons419 (36%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument195 (17%)
Firearm164 (14%)
Other106 (9%)
Blunt Object102 (9%)
Handgun87 (8%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home686 (59%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk277 (24%)
Convenience Store38 (3%)
Bar/Nightclub37 (3%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage23 (2%)
Park/Playground19 (2%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown343 (28%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend255 (21%)
Acquaintance199 (17%)
Otherwise Known86 (7%)
Spouse46 (4%)
Offender44 (4%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations184 (45%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property71 (17%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations49 (12%)
Simple Assault24 (6%)
Drug Equipment Violations20 (5%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering18 (4%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
119
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
9
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
128
Population served
67,292
Operating budget
$13,743,080
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201312510$14,040,747
20071149$13,000,000
200311710$9,200,000
20001268$2,900,000
199912611
199712611
199311419
199011524

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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