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Ferndale Police Department

City agencyWA0370400NIBRS since 2011LEMAS 1993

Whatcom County, Washington

Serves ~5,398 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 WA0370400.

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 · 646 victims, 1,253 offenders
Victim sex
Male342 (53%)
Female296 (46%)
Unknown8 (1%)
Victim race
White506 (90%)
Asian23 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native19 (3%)
Black or African American12 (2%)
Incident location
Residence/Home269 (21%)
Grocery/Supermarket171 (13%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage113 (9%)
Convenience Store111 (9%)
Service/Gas Station96 (8%)
Other/Unknown93 (7%)

Top 6 of 33 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger58 (41%)
Relationship Unknown28 (20%)
Acquaintance15 (11%)
Otherwise Known9 (6%)
Employer6 (4%)
Parent6 (4%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property93 (34%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering82 (30%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery28 (10%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud22 (8%)
Stolen Property Offenses15 (5%)
Motor Vehicle Theft9 (3%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 1993 survey
Full-time sworn
11
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
2
Part-time civilian
0
Population served
5,398

Source: BJS LEMAS 1993 (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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