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Portage Police Department

City agencyMI3967800NIBRS since 1995LEMAS 2007

Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Serves ~50,238 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

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 · 385 victims, 345 offenders
Victim sex
Male195 (51%)
Female190 (49%)
Victim race
White233 (65%)
Black or African American124 (35%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument83 (25%)
Personal Weapons72 (21%)
Blunt Object56 (17%)
Handgun43 (13%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel31 (9%)
Other18 (5%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home223 (58%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk53 (14%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage45 (12%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.16 (4%)
Restaurant8 (2%)
Shopping Mall6 (2%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend68 (19%)
Stranger60 (17%)
Acquaintance55 (15%)
Otherwise Known48 (13%)
Parent29 (8%)
Relationship Unknown28 (8%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations17 (40%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property8 (19%)
Kidnapping/Abduction5 (12%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering4 (9%)
Simple Assault2 (5%)
Motor Vehicle Theft2 (5%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2007 survey
Full-time sworn
57
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
18
Part-time civilian
6
Total FT employees
75
Population served
45,287
Operating budget
$9,421,424

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20005716$6,030,000
19995615
19975314
19905312

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
68
Civilians (2025)
11

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Public policy portal

201 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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