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Portage Police Department

City agencyIN0640200NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2013

Porter County, Indiana

Serves ~36,860 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 IN0640200.

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 · 752 victims, 1,602 offenders
Victim sex
Male373 (50%)
Female372 (49%)
Unknown7 (1%)
Victim race
White593 (81%)
Black or African American131 (18%)
Asian6 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home456 (30%)
Department/Discount Store297 (20%)
Grocery/Supermarket203 (13%)
Specialty Store89 (6%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage76 (5%)
Service/Gas Station59 (4%)

Top 6 of 30 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend8 (32%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)5 (20%)
Otherwise Known3 (12%)
Stranger3 (12%)
Relationship Unknown2 (8%)
Spouse1 (4%)

Top 6 of 9 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Drug/Narcotic Violations30 (26%)
Drug Equipment Violations19 (16%)
Simple Assault17 (15%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game10 (9%)
Aggravated Assault7 (6%)
Intimidation5 (4%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
60
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
7
Part-time civilian
3
Population served
36,860
Operating budget
$4,702,000
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20035218$3,673,735
19903510

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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