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Melrose Police Department

City agencyMA0093100NIBRS since 2002LEMAS 2007

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Serves ~26,549 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 MA0093100.

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 · 444 victims, 446 offenders
Victim sex
Male225 (51%)
Female217 (49%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White354 (89%)
Black or African American22 (6%)
Asian20 (5%)
Incident location
Residence/Home328 (65%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk30 (6%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage21 (4%)
Grocery/Supermarket20 (4%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital13 (3%)
Convenience Store13 (3%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger31 (56%)
Relationship Unknown6 (11%)
Acquaintance4 (7%)
Sibling3 (5%)
Otherwise Known3 (5%)
Spouse2 (4%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property10 (38%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game6 (23%)
Stolen Property Offenses4 (15%)
Simple Assault2 (8%)
Impersonation2 (8%)
Motor Vehicle Theft1 (4%)

Top 6 of 7 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2007 survey
Full-time sworn
42
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
2
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
44
Population served
26,549
Operating budget
$3,168,817

Source: BJS LEMAS 2007 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

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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