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Elizabeth Police Department

City agencyNJ0200400NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Union County, New Jersey

Serves ~141,194 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 · 1,488 victims, 1,408 offenders
Victim sex
Male854 (57%)
Female633 (43%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White895 (64%)
Black or African American491 (35%)
Asian14 (1%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons437 (32%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument395 (29%)
Handgun179 (13%)
Other171 (13%)
Blunt Object69 (5%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel43 (3%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk738 (50%)
Residence/Home536 (36%)
Bar/Nightclub62 (4%)
Service/Gas Station18 (1%)
Restaurant18 (1%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage18 (1%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend401 (35%)
Stranger257 (23%)
Otherwise Known176 (16%)
Relationship Unknown54 (5%)
Acquaintance47 (4%)
Spouse37 (3%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property45 (31%)
Weapon Law Violations34 (24%)
Simple Assault19 (13%)
Theft From Building6 (4%)
All Other Larceny6 (4%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering6 (4%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
322
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
95
Part-time civilian
81
Total FT employees
417
Population served
128,382
Operating budget
$48,585,685
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201332699$33,524,846
2007362127$34,254,133
200334389$31,000,000
200035989$23,370,000
199933989
199734687
199332282
199029670
198731035

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
337
Civilians (2025)
112

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

Open data

Public policy portal

101 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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