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Bessemer City Police Department

City agencyNC0360200NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 1997

Gaston County, North Carolina

Serves ~4,408 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 NC0360200.

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 · 162 victims, 223 offenders
Victim sex
Male107 (66%)
Female55 (34%)
Victim race
White124 (78%)
Black or African American36 (23%)
Incident location
Residence/Home130 (60%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage15 (7%)
Convenience Store14 (6%)
Department/Discount Store9 (4%)
Service/Gas Station8 (4%)
Grocery/Supermarket7 (3%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown30 (56%)
Stranger6 (11%)
Otherwise Known4 (7%)
Acquaintance3 (6%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend2 (4%)
Friend2 (4%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Burglary/Breaking & Entering17 (31%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property16 (30%)
Motor Vehicle Theft7 (13%)
Simple Assault4 (7%)
Drug Equipment Violations3 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations2 (4%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 1997 survey
Full-time sworn
12
Part-time sworn
2
Full-time civilian
5
Part-time civilian
1
Population served
4,408

Source: BJS LEMAS 1997 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
1987102

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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