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West Des Moines Police Department

City agencyIA0770500NIBRS since 1992LEMAS 2007

Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren County, Iowa

Serves ~54,988 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 IA0770500.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 1,962 victims, 5,392 offenders
Victim sex
Female1,026 (52%)
Male931 (47%)
Unknown5 (0%)
Victim race
White1,618 (86%)
Black or African American212 (11%)
Asian39 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native3 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Incident location
Department/Discount Store1,882 (40%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage753 (16%)
Residence/Home574 (12%)
Specialty Store290 (6%)
Grocery/Supermarket255 (5%)
Other/Unknown163 (3%)

Top 6 of 34 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown206 (35%)
Stranger190 (32%)
Acquaintance88 (15%)
Otherwise Known38 (6%)
Parent13 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)13 (2%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud115 (31%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property66 (18%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations43 (11%)
Drug Equipment Violations38 (10%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery29 (8%)
Identity Theft16 (4%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2007 survey
Full-time sworn
63
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
15
Part-time civilian
5
Total FT employees
78
Population served
54,988
Operating budget
$7,167,184

Source: BJS LEMAS 2007 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20005619$5,352,250
19995419
19974514

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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