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Amherst Town Police Department

City agencyNY0145100NIBRS since 2024LEMAS 2020

Erie County, New York

Serves ~125,967 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 NY0145100.

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 · 795 victims, 2,162 offenders
Victim sex
Female396 (50%)
Male394 (50%)
Unknown5 (1%)
Victim race
White592 (78%)
Black or African American102 (13%)
Asian46 (6%)
American Indian or Alaska Native18 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home450 (26%)
Department/Discount Store382 (22%)
Grocery/Supermarket231 (13%)
Other/Unknown191 (11%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage115 (7%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk86 (5%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown529 (67%)
Stranger165 (21%)
Acquaintance22 (3%)
Ex-Spouse18 (2%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend10 (1%)
Employee9 (1%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property80 (23%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering76 (21%)
Identity Theft51 (14%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery46 (13%)
Motor Vehicle Theft27 (8%)
Impersonation19 (5%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
156
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
25
Part-time civilian
18
Total FT employees
181
Population served
125,967
Operating budget
$35,545,560
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201315329$29,940,776
200715429$15,000,000
200314733$4,075,717
200015130$12,929,207
199915127
199714733
199314731
199013839
198714031

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 catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

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

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