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Bel Air Police Department

City agencyMD0130200NIBRS since 2023

Harford County, Maryland

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Bel Air Police Department (BAPD) is the public police department of Bel Air, Maryland, the county seat of Harford County. Its offices are at 39 North Hickory Avenue, Bel Air. BAPD is Bel Air's primary law enforcement agency. It was established in 1874.

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Crime & staffing trends

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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 · 31 victims, 33 offenders
Victim sex
Male16 (52%)
Female15 (48%)
Victim race
White20 (67%)
Black or African American10 (33%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument9 (41%)
Personal Weapons4 (18%)
Other3 (14%)
Handgun3 (14%)
Other Firearm1 (5%)
Rifle1 (5%)

Top 6 of 7 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home11 (35%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage11 (35%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk4 (13%)
Bar/Nightclub3 (10%)
Department/Discount Store1 (3%)
Shopping Mall1 (3%)
Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown29 (56%)
Stranger6 (12%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend5 (10%)
Otherwise Known4 (8%)
Stepchild2 (4%)
Parent1 (2%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault2 (67%)
Shoplifting1 (33%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS survey

This agency was not matched in any local LEMAS extract (each survey wave samples ~3,000–3,500 of the ~19,000 US agencies). See the BJS LEMAS collection for methodology, or browse every LEMAS wave (1987–2020) at NACJD.

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

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