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Santa Monica Police Department

City agencyCA0196500NIBRS since 2024LEMAS 2020Founded 1897

Los Angeles County, California

Serves ~90,024 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is a law enforcement agency of the city of Santa Monica, California, United States.

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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 CA0196500.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Burglary: victim & offender age · 430 victims, 581 offenders
Victim sex
Male234 (54%)
Female196 (46%)
Victim race
White311 (84%)
Asian42 (11%)
Black or African American16 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home244 (41%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage111 (19%)
Commercial/Office Building63 (11%)
Restaurant42 (7%)
Other/Unknown20 (3%)
Construction Site20 (3%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown134 (75%)
Stranger36 (20%)
Acquaintance3 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)2 (1%)
Parent2 (1%)
Neighbor1 (1%)
Co-occurring offenses
Motor Vehicle Theft12 (29%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations7 (17%)
Drug Equipment Violations6 (14%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property5 (12%)
Simple Assault3 (7%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game3 (7%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Open data

data.sustainablesm.org2 datasets · socrata

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
211
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
160
Part-time civilian
47
Total FT employees
371
Population served
90,024
Operating budget
$99,702,850
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013205177$73,484,000
2007214244$61,000,000
2003198178$45,576,827
2000204173$33,000,000
1999203174
1997196163
1993184138
1990161146

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

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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