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Gastonia Police Department

City agencyNC0360600NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Gaston County, North Carolina

Serves ~77,640 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 NC0360600.

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 · 2,206 victims, 1,884 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,105 (50%)
Female1,099 (50%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,309 (60%)
White861 (39%)
Asian8 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native6 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun266 (16%)
Personal Weapons250 (15%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument220 (13%)
Blunt Object209 (12%)
Firearm194 (11%)
Other156 (9%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,320 (60%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk332 (15%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage191 (9%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.58 (3%)
Convenience Store44 (2%)
Other/Unknown37 (2%)

Top 6 of 33 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Otherwise Known588 (27%)
Stranger386 (17%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend297 (13%)
Acquaintance251 (11%)
Relationship Unknown197 (9%)
Offender88 (4%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property201 (34%)
Weapon Law Violations84 (14%)
Simple Assault64 (11%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering47 (8%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations37 (6%)
Kidnapping/Abduction37 (6%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
171
Part-time sworn
2
Full-time civilian
23
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
194
Population served
77,640
Operating budget
$21,509,291
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201317020$16,000,000
200716527$14,358,422
200316119$7,240,148
200017830$12,079,025
199917546
199717341
199315736
199014437
198712528

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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