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Roanoke Police Department

City agencyVA1230000NIBRS since 1999LEMAS 2020

Roanoke City County, Virginia

Serves ~99,058 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 VA1230000.

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 · 1,495 victims, 1,440 offenders
Victim sex
Male887 (59%)
Female608 (41%)
Victim race
Black or African American893 (60%)
White582 (39%)
Asian10 (1%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument288 (22%)
Handgun263 (20%)
Personal Weapons215 (16%)
Firearm206 (16%)
Blunt Object139 (11%)
Other74 (6%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home767 (51%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk369 (25%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage122 (8%)
Park/Playground38 (3%)
Convenience Store35 (2%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.26 (2%)

Top 6 of 28 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance395 (27%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend191 (13%)
Otherwise Known174 (12%)
Relationship Unknown163 (11%)
Stranger150 (10%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)113 (8%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property99 (27%)
Weapon Law Violations98 (27%)
Simple Assault58 (16%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations25 (7%)
Kidnapping/Abduction21 (6%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering17 (5%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
223
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
45
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
268
Population served
99,058
Operating budget
$22,766,026
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201325950$21,646,325
200725560$22,396,485

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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