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South Bend Police Department

City agencyIN0710200NIBRS since 2018LEMAS 2020Founded 1831

St Joseph County, Indiana

Serves ~101,868 residents · LEMAS survey

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The South Bend Police Department is a local law enforcement agency in the City of South Bend, Indiana. The department states on its website that it "works to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve."

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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 IN0710200.

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 · 2,395 victims, 2,113 offenders
Victim sex
Female1,259 (53%)
Male1,131 (47%)
Unknown5 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,273 (56%)
White978 (43%)
American Indian or Alaska Native5 (0%)
Asian3 (0%)
Weapons involved
Other462 (25%)
Handgun343 (19%)
Firearm306 (17%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument280 (15%)
Personal Weapons163 (9%)
Blunt Object151 (8%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,413 (59%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk561 (23%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage113 (5%)
Service/Gas Station51 (2%)
Restaurant31 (1%)
Convenience Store29 (1%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown1,160 (42%)
Acquaintance590 (21%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)312 (11%)
Stranger191 (7%)
Neighbor79 (3%)
Spouse74 (3%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property334 (60%)
Simple Assault40 (7%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations32 (6%)
All Other Larceny30 (5%)
Weapon Law Violations28 (5%)
Kidnapping/Abduction19 (3%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
240
Population served
101,868

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201325268$31,370,703
200726680$28,403,232
200325576$23,665,581
2000257103$19,000,000
199925499
199724669
199323896
199022688

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 catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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