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Medford Police Department

City agencyMA0093000NIBRS since 2013LEMAS 2020

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Serves ~60,847 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 MA0093000.

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 · 337 victims, 357 offenders
Victim sex
Female177 (53%)
Male159 (47%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White223 (76%)
Black or African American57 (19%)
Asian13 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Other67 (21%)
Blunt Object66 (20%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument60 (19%)
Personal Weapons39 (12%)
Asphyxiation32 (10%)
None22 (7%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home193 (57%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk63 (19%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage13 (4%)
Community Center11 (3%)
School-Elementary/Secondary10 (3%)
Other/Unknown7 (2%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown141 (34%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend65 (16%)
Otherwise Known57 (14%)
Stranger38 (9%)
Acquaintance25 (6%)
Spouse22 (5%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault73 (53%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property18 (13%)
Weapon Law Violations9 (7%)
Kidnapping/Abduction8 (6%)
Intimidation6 (4%)
Shoplifting5 (4%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
107
Population served
60,847

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
19971155
199011850

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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