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Atlantic City Police Department

City agencyNJ0010200NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Atlantic County, New Jersey

Serves ~37,569 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Atlantic City Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency that serves Atlantic City, New Jersey. The department is currently headed by Chief of Police James Sarkos.

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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 NJ0010200.

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 · 1,397 victims, 1,496 offenders
Victim sex
Male750 (54%)
Female642 (46%)
Unknown5 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American719 (53%)
White602 (44%)
Asian34 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native5 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander5 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons381 (31%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument295 (24%)
Blunt Object116 (9%)
Handgun104 (8%)
Asphyxiation89 (7%)
Unknown69 (6%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk453 (32%)
Residence/Home427 (31%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.133 (10%)
Other/Unknown120 (9%)
Bar/Nightclub56 (4%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage48 (3%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger469 (31%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend314 (21%)
Relationship Unknown238 (16%)
Otherwise Known156 (10%)
Acquaintance111 (7%)
Offender69 (5%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations348 (63%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property65 (12%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations28 (5%)
Kidnapping/Abduction23 (4%)
Simple Assault21 (4%)
All Other Larceny20 (4%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
267
Part-time sworn
64
Full-time civilian
71
Part-time civilian
79
Total FT employees
338
Population served
37,569
Operating budget
$24,802,500
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013310183$38,000,000
2003404156$37,746,195
200040975$34,966,003
199939275
1997418128
1987410190

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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