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Mercedes Police Department

City agencyTX1080900NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2007

Hidalgo County, Texas

Serves ~14,879 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 TX1080900.

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 · 955 victims, 1,811 offenders
Victim sex
Female496 (52%)
Male459 (48%)
Victim race
White946 (99%)
Black or African American5 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native3 (0%)
Asian1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home475 (28%)
Other/Unknown291 (17%)
Convenience Store291 (17%)
Department/Discount Store164 (10%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage117 (7%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk99 (6%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown134 (46%)
Stranger45 (15%)
Otherwise Known44 (15%)
Acquaintance13 (4%)
Other Family Member10 (3%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)10 (3%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property23 (27%)
Simple Assault18 (21%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud8 (10%)
Motor Vehicle Theft8 (10%)
Impersonation6 (7%)
Drug Equipment Violations5 (6%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2007 survey
Full-time sworn
31
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
8
Part-time civilian
1
Total FT employees
39
Population served
14,879
Operating budget
$3,200,316

Source: BJS LEMAS 2007 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

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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