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Balch Springs Police Department

City agencyTX0570200NIBRS since 2017LEMAS 2013

Dallas County, Texas

Serves ~24,866 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 TX0570200.

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 · 366 victims, 323 offenders
Victim sex
Male198 (54%)
Female166 (45%)
Unknown2 (1%)
Victim race
White201 (55%)
Black or African American163 (45%)
Weapons involved
Handgun106 (34%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument52 (17%)
Firearm47 (15%)
Other28 (9%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel22 (7%)
Blunt Object21 (7%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home173 (47%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk89 (24%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage55 (15%)
Other/Unknown13 (4%)
Restaurant6 (2%)
Park/Playground5 (1%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger123 (36%)
Acquaintance47 (14%)
Relationship Unknown45 (13%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend34 (10%)
Other Family Member16 (5%)
Parent15 (4%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations10 (27%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property7 (19%)
Kidnapping/Abduction7 (19%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering5 (14%)
Simple Assault2 (5%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations2 (5%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Open data

BalchSprings5 datasets · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
37
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
17
Part-time civilian
1
Population served
24,866
Operating budget
$4,078,163
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20003012$1,200,000
1999297
19973014

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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