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Bluefield Police Department

City agencyWV0280200NIBRS since 1998LEMAS 2013

Mercer County, West Virginia

Serves ~10,502 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 WV0280200.

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 · 371 victims, 311 offenders
Victim sex
Female225 (61%)
Male146 (39%)
Victim race
White178 (53%)
Black or African American159 (47%)
Asian2 (1%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons122 (40%)
None65 (22%)
Handgun36 (12%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument28 (9%)
Blunt Object14 (5%)
Firearm13 (4%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home242 (65%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk81 (22%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.11 (3%)
School/College11 (3%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage10 (3%)
Restaurant4 (1%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend110 (29%)
Acquaintance41 (11%)
Relationship Unknown30 (8%)
Child24 (6%)
Otherwise Known23 (6%)
Stranger23 (6%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property4 (50%)
Simple Assault2 (25%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations1 (13%)
Weapon Law Violations1 (13%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
18
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
7
Part-time civilian
2
Population served
10,502
Operating budget
$1,600,000
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (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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