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Colorado Springs Police Department

City agencyCO0210100NIBRS since 1997LEMAS 2020Founded 1872

El Paso County, Colorado

Serves ~496,560 residents · UCR reported

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The Colorado Springs Police Department locally referred to as (CSPD), is the primary police department within the confinements of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Established on November 2, 1872. It is the oldest police department in the City of Colorado Springs.

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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.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 9,443 victims, 9,433 offenders
Victim sex
Male5,321 (56%)
Female4,078 (43%)
Unknown44 (0%)
Victim race
White7,100 (80%)
Black or African American1,658 (19%)
Asian119 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native28 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun2,282 (29%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument1,592 (20%)
Asphyxiation1,099 (14%)
Personal Weapons973 (12%)
Blunt Object683 (9%)
Other382 (5%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home4,553 (48%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,610 (17%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1,178 (12%)
Park/Playground261 (3%)
Other/Unknown233 (2%)
Bar/Nightclub223 (2%)

Top 6 of 40 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown5,131 (43%)
Stranger1,872 (16%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1,012 (8%)
Acquaintance832 (7%)
Spouse577 (5%)
Otherwise Known546 (5%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property721 (27%)
Weapon Law Violations524 (20%)
Kidnapping/Abduction371 (14%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering240 (9%)
Simple Assault150 (6%)
All Other Larceny102 (4%)

Top 6 of 37 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
policedata.coloradosprings.gov4 datasets · socrata

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
718
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
293
Part-time civilian
69
Total FT employees
1,011
Population served
482,131
Operating budget
$140,745,909
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013620275$92,822,328
2007668277$74,000,000
2003667271$78,550,466
2000586287$56,182,134
1999482232
1997528226
1993474189
1990406185

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
749
Civilians (2025)
330

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

Open data

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