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Lake Charles Police Department

City agencyLA0100200NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Calcasieu County, Louisiana

Serves ~78,433 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 LA0100200.

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 · 4,512 victims, 7,397 offenders
Victim sex
Male2,520 (56%)
Female1,989 (44%)
Unknown3 (0%)
Victim race
White2,332 (52%)
Black or African American2,137 (48%)
Asian12 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native6 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home2,837 (39%)
Department/Discount Store970 (13%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage794 (11%)
Grocery/Supermarket397 (5%)
Convenience Store349 (5%)
Specialty Store331 (5%)

Top 6 of 37 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend40 (32%)
Relationship Unknown22 (18%)
Acquaintance20 (16%)
Stranger12 (10%)
Otherwise Known10 (8%)
Ex-Spouse8 (6%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Burglary/Breaking & Entering992 (54%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property323 (18%)
Motor Vehicle Theft113 (6%)
Simple Assault113 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations65 (4%)
Drug Equipment Violations55 (3%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
138
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
33
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
171
Population served
78,433
Operating budget
$21,500,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131862$16,400,000
200315531$11,625,000
20001483$9,300,000
19991673
19971700
19931451
19901293

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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