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Long Beach Police Department

City agencyCA0194100NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 2020Founded 1888

Los Angeles County, California

Serves ~447,317 residents · UCR reported

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The Long Beach Police Department provides law enforcement for the city of Long Beach, California.

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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 · 13,040 victims, 20,011 offenders
Victim sex
Male7,023 (54%)
Female5,903 (45%)
Unknown114 (1%)
Victim race
White8,354 (73%)
Black or African American2,262 (20%)
Asian810 (7%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander43 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native19 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk5,771 (32%)
Residence/Home2,963 (16%)
Specialty Store2,310 (13%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1,852 (10%)
Department/Discount Store985 (5%)
Other/Unknown861 (5%)

Top 6 of 41 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown4,642 (90%)
Stranger108 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)94 (2%)
Acquaintance83 (2%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend55 (1%)
Otherwise Known49 (1%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property519 (39%)
Motor Vehicle Theft223 (17%)
Simple Assault135 (10%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud68 (5%)
Aggravated Assault60 (4%)
Drug Equipment Violations57 (4%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Open data

LongBeachCA4 datasets · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
790
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
302
Part-time civilian
50
Total FT employees
1,092
Population served
454,681
Operating budget
$238,109,220
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013792352$199,933,700
2007972513$180,198,450
2003876507$144,670,072
2000881482$135,574,459
1999820493
1997838381
1993734412
1990643325

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
652
Civilians (2025)
339

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

Open data

Police Crime Mapping
crime incidents
Police Reporting District
staffing
City of Long Beach open data

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