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St. Joseph Police Department

City agencyMO0110100NIBRS since 2018LEMAS 2020

Buchanan County, Missouri

Serves ~74,074 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 MO0110100.

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 · 1,291 victims, 1,210 offenders
Victim sex
Female695 (54%)
Male596 (46%)
Victim race
White1,072 (83%)
Black or African American193 (15%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander17 (1%)
Asian1 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Other251 (22%)
Blunt Object221 (19%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument172 (15%)
Handgun170 (15%)
Personal Weapons112 (10%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel80 (7%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home765 (59%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk315 (24%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage51 (4%)
Other/Unknown19 (1%)
School-Elementary/Secondary17 (1%)
Service/Gas Station16 (1%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend269 (21%)
Acquaintance240 (18%)
Relationship Unknown169 (13%)
Stranger113 (9%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)102 (8%)
Otherwise Known95 (7%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations97 (36%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property90 (33%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations23 (8%)
Simple Assault16 (6%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering14 (5%)
Drug Equipment Violations9 (3%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
124
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
45
Part-time civilian
5
Total FT employees
169
Population served
74,074
Operating budget
$19,892,024
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201311338$13,453,928
200711644$11,918,329
200311541$9,585,663
200011141$7,081,617
199911042
199710938
19939531
199010136

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 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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