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New Bedford Police Department

City agencyMA0031100NIBRS since 2004LEMAS 2020

Bristol County, Massachusetts

Serves ~101,139 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

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 · 4,252 victims, 4,691 offenders
Victim sex
Female2,224 (52%)
Male2,020 (48%)
Unknown8 (0%)
Victim race
White3,163 (77%)
Black or African American932 (23%)
Asian23 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native7 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,960 (38%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,189 (23%)
Other/Unknown908 (18%)
Grocery/Supermarket267 (5%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital173 (3%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage110 (2%)

Top 6 of 35 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger920 (47%)
Relationship Unknown365 (19%)
Otherwise Known158 (8%)
Acquaintance96 (5%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)94 (5%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend94 (5%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property203 (29%)
Simple Assault115 (17%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game99 (14%)
Motor Vehicle Theft83 (12%)
Stolen Property Offenses35 (5%)
Aggravated Assault27 (4%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
247
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
39
Part-time civilian
5
Total FT employees
286
Population served
95,517
Operating budget
$25,527,814
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201327043$22,245,881
200728457$23,000,000
200325752$18,977,722
200027840$17,316,061
199927536
199727731
199325942
199023742
198724445

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
212
Civilians (2025)
59

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

No catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

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