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Joplin Police Department

City agencyMO0490700NIBRS since 2010LEMAS 2013Founded 1873

Jasper, Newton County, Missouri

Serves ~54,063 residents · UCR reported

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The Joplin Police Department (JPD) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for serving the city of Joplin in the U.S. state of Missouri.The Joplin Police Department currently employs 112 Police Officers. The department maintains a fleet of Dodge Chargers and Chevy Tahoes. The Joplin Police Department is the largest law enforcement agency in Jasper County, Missouri.

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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 · 747 victims, 687 offenders
Victim sex
Female377 (50%)
Male369 (49%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White659 (90%)
Black or African American73 (10%)
Asian3 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons258 (38%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument90 (13%)
Handgun85 (13%)
Blunt Object74 (11%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel55 (8%)
Other31 (5%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home406 (54%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk165 (22%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage37 (5%)
Other/Unknown27 (4%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.25 (3%)
Bar/Nightclub17 (2%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown289 (49%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend107 (18%)
Child32 (5%)
Spouse29 (5%)
Otherwise Known29 (5%)
Stranger23 (4%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations41 (25%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property32 (20%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering17 (10%)
Simple Assault15 (9%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations12 (7%)
Kidnapping/Abduction10 (6%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Open data

Joplinmo2 datasets · arcgis

2019 CrimeIncidents

Law Enforcement Beats – Joplin, MissouriStaffing

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
111
Part-time sworn
5
Full-time civilian
51
Part-time civilian
0
Population served
49,526
Operating budget
$13,000,000
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20007610$7,000,000
19997312
1997745

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
104
Civilians (2025)
39

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

Open data

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