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Schererville Police Department

City agencyIN0451600NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2003

Lake County, Indiana

Serves ~26,142 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 IN0451600.

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 · 575 victims, 1,720 offenders
Victim sex
Female306 (53%)
Male267 (46%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White450 (79%)
Black or African American107 (19%)
Asian10 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Incident location
Department/Discount Store749 (48%)
Residence/Home185 (12%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage88 (6%)
Convenience Store77 (5%)
Restaurant67 (4%)
Specialty Store56 (4%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown39 (32%)
Stranger28 (23%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend13 (11%)
Acquaintance12 (10%)
Employer7 (6%)
Otherwise Known5 (4%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Drug/Narcotic Violations30 (28%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game16 (15%)
Simple Assault11 (10%)
Drug Equipment Violations9 (8%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property8 (7%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud6 (6%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2003 survey
Full-time sworn
47
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
13
Part-time civilian
3
Total FT employees
60
Population served
26,142
Operating budget
$4,089,629

Source: BJS LEMAS 2003 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

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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