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Van Buren Township Police Department

City agencyMI8279300NIBRS since 1995

Wayne County, Michigan

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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 MI8279300.

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 · 1,198 victims, 2,231 offenders
Victim sex
Male607 (51%)
Female590 (49%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White711 (60%)
Black or African American458 (39%)
Asian7 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander2 (0%)
Incident location
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage541 (26%)
Residence/Home512 (25%)
Department/Discount Store427 (21%)
Grocery/Supermarket195 (10%)
Convenience Store93 (5%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.49 (2%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger186 (60%)
Otherwise Known38 (12%)
Relationship Unknown21 (7%)
Acquaintance16 (5%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend16 (5%)
Neighbor9 (3%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property84 (47%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations23 (13%)
Simple Assault11 (6%)
Aggravated Assault10 (6%)
Motor Vehicle Theft9 (5%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game9 (5%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

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

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

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