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Galax Police Department

City agencyVA1100000NIBRS since 1997LEMAS 2007

Galax City County, Virginia

Serves ~6,643 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 VA1100000.

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 · 307 victims, 985 offenders
Victim sex
Male160 (52%)
Female147 (48%)
Victim race
White278 (92%)
Black or African American24 (8%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Incident location
Department/Discount Store336 (37%)
Residence/Home140 (16%)
Grocery/Supermarket124 (14%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage51 (6%)
Convenience Store46 (5%)
Service/Gas Station37 (4%)

Top 6 of 28 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Friend1 (25%)
Acquaintance1 (25%)
Otherwise Known1 (25%)
Parent1 (25%)
Co-occurring offenses
Drug/Narcotic Violations27 (28%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game21 (21%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property20 (20%)
Simple Assault6 (6%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud5 (5%)
Drug Equipment Violations4 (4%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2007 survey
Full-time sworn
24
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
14
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
38
Population served
6,643
Operating budget
$1,780,800

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
1993225

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.

Agencies like this one

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