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Waco Police Department

City agencyTX1551200NIBRS since 2018LEMAS 2020

Mclennan County, Texas

Serves ~148,165 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 · 2,351 victims, 2,274 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,206 (51%)
Female1,119 (48%)
Unknown26 (1%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,156 (50%)
White1,148 (50%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Firearm693 (39%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument287 (16%)
Personal Weapons231 (13%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel146 (8%)
Blunt Object144 (8%)
Handgun111 (6%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,292 (55%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk586 (25%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage132 (6%)
Other/Unknown95 (4%)
Bar/Nightclub47 (2%)
Park/Playground38 (2%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown1,716 (50%)
Acquaintance563 (17%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend279 (8%)
Otherwise Known159 (5%)
Other Family Member127 (4%)
Child92 (3%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault69 (30%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property42 (18%)
Weapon Law Violations29 (13%)
All Other Larceny20 (9%)
Kidnapping/Abduction17 (7%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering12 (5%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
WacoGIS1 dataset · arcgis

Community Crime MapIncidents

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
260
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
94
Part-time civilian
9
Total FT employees
354
Population served
141,377
Operating budget
$43,617,475
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201324888$30,529,770
200724686$25,379,396
200321485$19,739,892
200020275$17,131,873
199920478
199722473
199318868
199019859
198718155

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
281
Civilians (2025)
87

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

Open data

Community Crime Map
crime incidents

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