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Lincoln Police Department

City agencyNB0550100NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Lancaster County, Nebraska

Serves ~2,018,006 residents · UCR reported

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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 · 2,911 victims, 3,079 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,627 (56%)
Female1,283 (44%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White1,997 (71%)
Black or African American703 (25%)
American Indian or Alaska Native93 (3%)
Asian33 (1%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument679 (28%)
Other484 (20%)
Personal Weapons449 (18%)
Blunt Object372 (15%)
Handgun265 (11%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel136 (6%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,660 (57%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk511 (18%)
Other/Unknown97 (3%)
Bar/Nightclub82 (3%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.65 (2%)
School-Elementary/Secondary61 (2%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown761 (21%)
Stranger491 (14%)
Acquaintance436 (12%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend417 (12%)
Otherwise Known342 (9%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)198 (5%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property245 (43%)
Simple Assault166 (29%)
Weapon Law Violations33 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations26 (5%)
Theft From Building18 (3%)
Drug Equipment Violations16 (3%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

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Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
341
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
131
Part-time civilian
8
Total FT employees
472
Population served
290,505
Operating budget
$56,585,576
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201332793$38,033,450
2007292104$30,000,000
2003303100$24,635,606
2000296104$22,532,710
1999292101
199727799
199324680
199023971
198723071

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
351
Civilians (2025)
145

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

Open data

Lincoln Open Data

POP conference activity

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