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Gary Police Department

City agencyIN0450500NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 2020

Lake County, Indiana

Serves ~74,693 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 IN0450500.

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 · 554 victims, 499 offenders
Victim sex
Male299 (54%)
Female255 (46%)
Victim race
Black or African American468 (85%)
White81 (15%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Asian1 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun216 (45%)
Firearm74 (15%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument62 (13%)
Blunt Object49 (10%)
Other26 (5%)
Unknown15 (3%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home268 (48%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk224 (40%)
Service/Gas Station14 (3%)
Other/Unknown8 (1%)
Bar/Nightclub6 (1%)
Commercial/Office Building5 (1%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance108 (38%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)40 (14%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend40 (14%)
Friend17 (6%)
Stranger15 (5%)
Other Family Member11 (4%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property19 (50%)
All Other Larceny6 (16%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering5 (13%)
Weapon Law Violations3 (8%)
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter1 (3%)
Human Trafficking, Commercial Sex Acts1 (3%)

Top 6 of 9 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
156
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
24
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
180
Population served
74,693
Operating budget
$12,341,570
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201323049$17,000,000
200724150$40,000,000
200328786$13,060,355
200026491$24,903,088
199925570
199724380
1993223110
1990208100
198724021

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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