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Fitchburg Police Department

City agencyMA0141500NIBRS since 2003LEMAS 2007

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Serves ~40,180 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 MA0141500.

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 · 626 victims, 604 offenders
Victim sex
Male363 (58%)
Female263 (42%)
Victim race
White518 (85%)
Black or African American82 (13%)
Asian8 (1%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument139 (24%)
Personal Weapons109 (19%)
Blunt Object107 (19%)
Other88 (15%)
Firearm40 (7%)
Handgun37 (7%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home319 (51%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk93 (15%)
Other/Unknown82 (13%)
Bar/Nightclub17 (3%)
Commercial/Office Building15 (2%)
Convenience Store13 (2%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend117 (20%)
Stranger113 (20%)
Otherwise Known78 (14%)
Acquaintance74 (13%)
Relationship Unknown32 (6%)
Spouse25 (4%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property64 (40%)
Weapon Law Violations35 (22%)
Simple Assault31 (19%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations6 (4%)
Kidnapping/Abduction5 (3%)
All Other Larceny3 (2%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Open data

Possible sources (3) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Staffing

LEMAS 2007 survey
Full-time sworn
90
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
9
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
99
Population served
40,180
Operating budget
$7,327,353

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
1987668

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.

Agencies like this one

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