FBI agency record
Santa Barbara Police Department
Santa Barbara County, California
Serves ~86,926 residents · UCR reported
The Santa Barbara Police Department is a local law enforcement agency in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It was founded in January 1900 by the mayor at the time, Charles A. Storke. The department's jurisdiction is a little over 40 sq mi (100 km2) and has a population of around 90,000.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Top 6 of 35 categories shown.
Top 6 of 19 categories shown.
Top 6 of 18 categories shown.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 128
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 64
- Part-time civilian
- 0
- Total FT employees
- 192
- Population served
- 90,254
- Operating budget
- $45,000,000
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 114
- Civilians (2025)
- 79
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
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