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Sterling Heights Police Department

City agencyMI5076500NIBRS since 1995LEMAS 2020

Macomb County, Michigan

Serves ~131,709 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 MI5076500.

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 · 818 victims, 751 offenders
Victim sex
Male448 (55%)
Female368 (45%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White515 (68%)
Black or African American236 (31%)
Asian2 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Blunt Object155 (22%)
Personal Weapons146 (21%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument108 (16%)
Handgun99 (14%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel77 (11%)
Other57 (8%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home403 (49%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk153 (19%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage97 (12%)
Park/Playground25 (3%)
School-Elementary/Secondary25 (3%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.21 (3%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger213 (26%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend146 (18%)
Otherwise Known123 (15%)
Acquaintance70 (8%)
Spouse65 (8%)
Child36 (4%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property40 (34%)
Simple Assault21 (18%)
Weapon Law Violations17 (15%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations7 (6%)
Motor Vehicle Theft6 (5%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering5 (4%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
149
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
19
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
168
Population served
131,709
Operating budget
$37,000,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201314946$32,380,010
200716853$14,268,330
200317051$21,839,770
200015956$19,000,000
199914788
199715557
199016052

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 catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

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

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