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Gaithersburg Police Department

City agencyMD0160200NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 1990Founded 1963

Montgomery County, Maryland

Serves ~39,542 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Gaithersburg Police Department (GPD) is the municipal police force of Gaithersburg, Maryland.

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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 MD0160200.

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 · 617 victims, 2,220 offenders
Victim sex
Male310 (50%)
Female300 (49%)
Unknown7 (1%)
Victim race
White383 (68%)
Black or African American123 (22%)
Asian52 (9%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Incident location
Specialty Store489 (30%)
Department/Discount Store277 (17%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage182 (11%)
Residence/Home182 (11%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk101 (6%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital88 (5%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger254 (57%)
Relationship Unknown105 (24%)
Otherwise Known27 (6%)
Acquaintance18 (4%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend9 (2%)
Parent8 (2%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault28 (26%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property25 (23%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations12 (11%)
Aggravated Assault9 (8%)
Motor Vehicle Theft8 (7%)
Drug Equipment Violations8 (7%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

GaithersburgMD1 dataset · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 1990 survey
Full-time sworn
16
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
1
Part-time civilian
1
Population served
39,542

Source: BJS LEMAS 1990 (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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