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Dubuque Police Department

City agencyIA0310100NIBRS since 1994LEMAS 2020

Dubuque County, Iowa

Serves ~57,781 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Dubuque Police Department is the municipal police department for the city of Dubuque, Iowa. The department currently consists has a staff of 92 sworn officers and 11 civilians. The Chief of the department is Jeremy Jensen.

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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 IA0310100.

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 · 720 victims, 730 offenders
Victim sex
Female374 (52%)
Male345 (48%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White456 (64%)
Black or African American249 (35%)
Asian10 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons194 (30%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument122 (19%)
Asphyxiation84 (13%)
Handgun75 (12%)
Blunt Object67 (10%)
Firearm32 (5%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home364 (51%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk214 (30%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage41 (6%)
School-Elementary/Secondary17 (2%)
Bar/Nightclub14 (2%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.14 (2%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Otherwise Known238 (29%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend182 (22%)
Relationship Unknown104 (13%)
Stranger60 (7%)
Acquaintance58 (7%)
Spouse35 (4%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault35 (19%)
Weapon Law Violations31 (17%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property30 (16%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations25 (14%)
Drug Equipment Violations17 (9%)
Kidnapping/Abduction14 (8%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

Dubuque2 datasets · arcgis

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
103
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
8
Part-time civilian
1
Total FT employees
111
Population served
57,781
Operating budget
$16,000,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2000896$7,361,000
1999826
1997816
1990747
1987756

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

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