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Los Angeles Police Department

City agencyCA0194200NIBRS since 2024LEMAS 2020Founded 1869

Los Angeles County, California

Serves ~3,874,484 residents · UCR reported

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The City of Los Angeles Police Department, also known as the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. With 8,832 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department.

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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 · 8,714 victims, 14,401 offenders
Victim sex
Male4,742 (54%)
Female3,901 (45%)
Unknown71 (1%)
Victim race
White5,681 (70%)
Black or African American1,488 (18%)
Asian915 (11%)
American Indian or Alaska Native21 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander10 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk3,010 (24%)
Other/Unknown2,402 (19%)
Residence/Home1,870 (15%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1,812 (15%)
Department/Discount Store614 (5%)
Specialty Store612 (5%)

Top 6 of 38 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown3,908 (46%)
Stranger3,479 (41%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)213 (3%)
Acquaintance169 (2%)
Otherwise Known159 (2%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend138 (2%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,772 (61%)
Simple Assault419 (14%)
Aggravated Assault208 (7%)
Motor Vehicle Theft121 (4%)
Identity Theft74 (3%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations58 (2%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
9,832
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
2,936
Part-time civilian
144
Total FT employees
12,768
Population served
3,970,219
Operating budget
$1,857,330,549
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20139,9202,871$1,256,645,232
20079,5043,330$1,227,258,245
20039,3073,053$928,482,383
20009,3413,068$891,679,649
19999,5732,974
19979,4233,018
19937,6622,483
19908,2952,670

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
8,663
Civilians (2025)
2,551

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

Open data

Crime Data from 2010 to 2019
crime incidents
Crime Data from 2020 to 2024
crime incidents

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