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Bowie Police Department

City agencyMD0174100NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2013Founded 2006

Prince George'S County, Maryland

Serves ~56,129 residents · LEMAS survey

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Bowie City Police Department (BPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for Bowie, Maryland, servicing a population of 54,884 in 16 square miles (41 km2) of the municipality.

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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 MD0174100.

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 · 1,721 victims, 3,566 offenders
Victim sex
Female887 (52%)
Male827 (48%)
Unknown7 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,109 (66%)
White526 (31%)
Asian42 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native11 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander4 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home707 (24%)
Department/Discount Store677 (23%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage662 (23%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk124 (4%)
Commercial/Office Building112 (4%)
Specialty Store84 (3%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown1,036 (90%)
Stranger45 (4%)
Acquaintance18 (2%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend11 (1%)
Neighbor10 (1%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)9 (1%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property475 (65%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud78 (11%)
Motor Vehicle Theft55 (7%)
Identity Theft33 (4%)
Simple Assault32 (4%)
Aggravated Assault11 (1%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
56
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
5
Part-time civilian
0
Population served
56,129
Operating budget
$7,748,600
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (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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