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Suffolk Police Department

City agencyVA1270000NIBRS since 1997LEMAS 2020Founded 1858

Suffolk City County, Virginia

Serves ~93,913 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Suffolk Police Department (SPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Suffolk, Virginia. The department has about 200 full-time staff in total, serving around 100,000 people in an area 428.91 sq mi.

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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 VA1270000.

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 · 1,488 victims, 1,131 offenders
Victim sex
Male762 (51%)
Female724 (49%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American1,150 (78%)
White317 (22%)
Asian2 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun376 (36%)
Firearm228 (22%)
Personal Weapons120 (11%)
Other96 (9%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument69 (7%)
Blunt Object38 (4%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home845 (57%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk427 (29%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage85 (6%)
Convenience Store24 (2%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.14 (1%)
Park/Playground10 (1%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown281 (30%)
Otherwise Known153 (16%)
Stranger103 (11%)
Acquaintance88 (9%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend77 (8%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)44 (5%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property105 (48%)
Weapon Law Violations32 (15%)
Simple Assault25 (11%)
All Other Larceny16 (7%)
Kidnapping/Abduction13 (6%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering11 (5%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
180
Part-time sworn
4
Full-time civilian
55
Part-time civilian
8
Total FT employees
235
Population served
93,913
Operating budget
$28,528,707
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201318058$21,578,952
200716857$14,529,809
200314339$6,261,225
200013642$7,668,906
199914836
199711231
19909225
19878913

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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