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Allentown Police Department

City agencyPA0390100NIBRS since 2024LEMAS 2020

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Serves ~121,470 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 PA0390100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Robbery: victim & offender age · 49 victims, 64 offenders
Victim sex
Male35 (71%)
Female14 (29%)
Victim race
White29 (71%)
Black or African American9 (22%)
Asian2 (5%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (2%)
Weapons involved
Firearm12 (26%)
None11 (23%)
Personal Weapons8 (17%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument7 (15%)
Handgun4 (9%)
Unknown4 (9%)

Top 6 of 7 categories shown.

Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk17 (29%)
Convenience Store12 (21%)
Residence/Home10 (17%)
Service/Gas Station6 (10%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage4 (7%)
Bank/Savings and Loan2 (3%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown34 (67%)
Acquaintance7 (14%)
Stranger6 (12%)
Otherwise Known2 (4%)
Parent1 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)1 (2%)
Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations2 (40%)
Simple Assault2 (40%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering1 (20%)

Open data

Curated sources
AllentownPA6 datasets · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
222
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
21
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
243
Population served
121,470
Operating budget
$40,309,036
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201321322$31,867,264
200718724$25,636,445
2003239106$22,000,000
200021123$11,761,429
199920830
1997204117
199320723
199018620
198716418

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

Crimes Intersections
crime incidents
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POP conference activity

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

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