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Bay City Police Department

City agency in Matagorda, Texas. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2017.

ORI: TX1610100
Type: City
County: Matagorda
State: Texas
FBI reporting: Reporting since 2017-02-01
Location: 28.9819, -95.9675

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 17,330.

32Sworn officers

19Civilian staff

2.94Employees per 1,000 people

17,330Population served

Year	Officers	Civilians	Population served	Per 1,000
2025	32	19	17,330	2.94
2024	31	17	17,405	2.76
2023	36	20	17,247	3.25
2022	36	19	17,796	3.09
2021	36	19	17,441	3.15
2020	35	22	17,505	3.26
2019	38	21	17,501	3.37
2016	41	22	17,595	3.58
2015	37	21	17,305	3.35
2014	39	23	17,480	3.55
2013	37	21	17,429	3.33
2012	35	18	17,928	2.96

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Also policing Matagorda

Jurisdictions overlap. These agencies are also recorded against the same county, so a single address may be covered by more than one of them.

Independent School District: Bay CityOther · reporting Independent School District: Van VleckOther · reporting Matagorda County Constable: Precinct 1Other · reporting Matagorda County Constable: Precinct 2Other · reporting Matagorda County Constable: Precinct 3Other · reporting Matagorda County Constable: Precinct 4Other · reporting Matagorda County Constable: Precinct 6Other · reporting Matagorda County Sheriff's OfficeCounty · reporting Palacios Police DepartmentCity · reporting

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record TX1610100. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.