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Mesa Police Department

City agencyAZ0071700NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2020

Maricopa County, Arizona

Serves ~519,990 residents · UCR reported

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The Mesa Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Mesa, Arizona. The department employs 832 sworn police officers and 532 professional staff. The department is headed by Chief Dan Butler.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

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 · 19,298 victims, 29,341 offenders
Victim sex
Male10,594 (55%)
Female8,645 (45%)
Unknown59 (0%)
Victim race
White15,918 (87%)
Black or African American1,546 (8%)
American Indian or Alaska Native342 (2%)
Asian338 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander73 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home9,026 (30%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage5,665 (19%)
Department/Discount Store3,977 (13%)
Convenience Store1,987 (7%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,795 (6%)
Specialty Store1,508 (5%)

Top 6 of 41 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger3,064 (46%)
Relationship Unknown1,874 (28%)
Acquaintance440 (7%)
Otherwise Known272 (4%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)240 (4%)
Friend159 (2%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud1,005 (19%)
Drug Equipment Violations946 (18%)
Motor Vehicle Theft761 (14%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations605 (11%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property409 (8%)
Simple Assault300 (6%)

Top 6 of 34 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
818
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
421
Part-time civilian
18
Total FT employees
1,239
Population served
528,159
Operating budget
$206,993,517
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013764400$155,000,000
2007828490$144,906,774
2003801467$107,265,750
2000717415$90,261,296
1999681360
1997625356
1993444226
1990384198
1987331196

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
885
Civilians (2025)
446

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

City of Mesa open data

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