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Sacramento Police Department

City agencyCA0340400NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 2020Founded 1849

Sacramento County, California

Serves ~538,389 residents · UCR reported

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The Sacramento Police Department (SACPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the city of Sacramento, California. On August 11, 2017, Daniel Hahn was sworn in and became the city's first African American police chief. The current chief of police is Kathy Lester.

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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 · 13,560 victims, 20,035 offenders
Victim sex
Male6,993 (52%)
Female6,505 (48%)
Unknown62 (0%)
Victim race
White8,326 (65%)
Black or African American2,353 (18%)
Asian1,875 (15%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander153 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native121 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home4,617 (23%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk3,571 (18%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage3,509 (17%)
Commercial/Office Building1,981 (10%)
Department/Discount Store1,953 (10%)
Specialty Store1,460 (7%)

Top 6 of 42 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown834 (38%)
Stranger770 (35%)
Otherwise Known185 (8%)
Acquaintance121 (5%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)75 (3%)
Friend45 (2%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property165 (24%)
Motor Vehicle Theft93 (14%)
Drug Equipment Violations82 (12%)
Simple Assault78 (11%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations67 (10%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud38 (6%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
709
Part-time sworn
2
Full-time civilian
287
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
996
Population served
512,838
Operating budget
$157,502,833
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013630235$124,556,913
2007721362$125,000,000
2003655373$95,449,972
2000650351$75,721,000
1999650372
1997611352
1993570319
1990599267

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
640
Civilians (2025)
287

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

Open data

Sacramento Citation Data 2025
citations

POP conference activity

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