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Santa Barbara Police Department

City agencyCA0420300NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 2020

Santa Barbara County, California

Serves ~86,926 residents · UCR reported

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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

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 · 2,571 victims, 3,163 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,367 (53%)
Female1,190 (46%)
Unknown14 (1%)
Victim race
White2,217 (93%)
Asian83 (3%)
Black or African American56 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander9 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native8 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home774 (24%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk669 (21%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage347 (11%)
Specialty Store180 (6%)
Department/Discount Store133 (4%)
Grocery/Supermarket129 (4%)

Top 6 of 35 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger286 (42%)
Relationship Unknown242 (36%)
Acquaintance46 (7%)
Otherwise Known34 (5%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)13 (2%)
Friend11 (2%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property40 (13%)
Drug Equipment Violations35 (12%)
Stolen Property Offenses34 (11%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations33 (11%)
Simple Assault27 (9%)
Motor Vehicle Theft27 (9%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
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
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201314080$35,000,000
200713376$32,437,455
200314779$20,664,394
200014685$18,512,661
199914575
199714180

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
114
Civilians (2025)
79

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

Open data

No catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

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