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Salem Police Department

City agencyMA0052800NIBRS since 2012LEMAS 2020

Essex County, Massachusetts

Serves ~43,581 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Salem Police Department (SPD) is the police department of the city of Salem, Massachusetts. The police headquarters was built in 1991 and is located at 95 Margin Street. As of 2021, the Chief of the Department is Lucas Miller.

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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 MA0052800.

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 · 265 victims, 253 offenders
Victim sex
Male160 (60%)
Female103 (39%)
Unknown2 (1%)
Victim race
White203 (85%)
Black or African American35 (15%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument67 (29%)
Other41 (18%)
Personal Weapons36 (15%)
Blunt Object35 (15%)
Firearm15 (6%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel11 (5%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home119 (45%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk75 (28%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage11 (4%)
Park/Playground11 (4%)
Other/Unknown10 (4%)
Restaurant7 (3%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger86 (32%)
Acquaintance57 (22%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend40 (15%)
Otherwise Known9 (3%)
Relationship Unknown9 (3%)
Child9 (3%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property20 (26%)
Weapon Law Violations17 (22%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations12 (16%)
Simple Assault11 (14%)
Robbery4 (5%)
All Other Larceny4 (5%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
90
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
11
Part-time civilian
8
Total FT employees
101
Population served
43,581
Operating budget
$10,705,402
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2003899$7,138,847
20009311$6,000,000
19999110
19979110

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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