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Decatur Police Department

City agencyIL0580200NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Macon County, Illinois

Serves ~70,007 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 IL0580200.

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 · 1,590 victims, 1,364 offenders
Victim sex
Male826 (52%)
Female763 (48%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,026 (65%)
White559 (35%)
Asian3 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Firearm357 (28%)
Handgun279 (22%)
Personal Weapons210 (17%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument133 (11%)
Other106 (8%)
Blunt Object64 (5%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home706 (44%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk657 (41%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage82 (5%)
Other/Unknown26 (2%)
Convenience Store17 (1%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital14 (1%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown390 (34%)
Acquaintance176 (15%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend127 (11%)
Stranger68 (6%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)64 (6%)
Otherwise Known59 (5%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property166 (51%)
Weapon Law Violations66 (20%)
Simple Assault32 (10%)
Kidnapping/Abduction14 (4%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations12 (4%)
All Other Larceny8 (2%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

Possible sources (1) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
145
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
12
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
157
Population served
70,007
Operating budget
$28,123,700
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201316432$20,287,717
200716232$17,788,063
200315631$14,502,384
200016437$14,300,000
199916232
199715536
199314032
19901406

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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