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Helena Police Department

City agencyMT0250100NIBRS since 2004LEMAS 2003

Lewis And Clark County, Montana

Serves ~26,718 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 MT0250100.

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 · 669 victims, 657 offenders
Victim sex
Male368 (55%)
Female300 (45%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White595 (90%)
American Indian or Alaska Native44 (7%)
Black or African American13 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander7 (1%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
None202 (37%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument67 (12%)
Handgun54 (10%)
Personal Weapons48 (9%)
Other42 (8%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel40 (7%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home310 (46%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk185 (28%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.27 (4%)
School-Elementary/Secondary27 (4%)
Park/Playground24 (4%)
Bar/Nightclub13 (2%)

Top 6 of 28 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance155 (20%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend116 (15%)
Stranger108 (14%)
Otherwise Known91 (12%)
Relationship Unknown62 (8%)
Child55 (7%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault48 (30%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property40 (25%)
Kidnapping/Abduction14 (9%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations11 (7%)
Drug Equipment Violations11 (7%)
Intimidation8 (5%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2003 survey
Full-time sworn
50
Part-time sworn
6
Full-time civilian
21
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
71
Population served
26,718
Operating budget
$4,764,658
Community policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2003 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

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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