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Denver Police Department

City agencyCODPD0000NIBRS since 2005LEMAS 2020

Denver County, Colorado

Serves ~733,212 residents · UCR reported

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The Denver Police Department (DPD) is the full service police department jointly for the City and County of Denver, Colorado, which provides police services to the entire county, including Denver International Airport, and may provide contractual security police service to special districts within the county. The police department is within the Denver Department of Public Safety, which also includes the Denver Sheriff Department and Denver Fire Department. The DPD was established in 1859. The current police chief is Ron Thomas.

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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 · 76,035 victims, 98,782 offenders
Victim sex
Male42,857 (56%)
Female32,745 (43%)
Unknown433 (1%)
Victim race
White58,122 (87%)
Black or African American5,906 (9%)
Asian2,279 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native645 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home27,219 (28%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage25,134 (26%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk12,665 (13%)
Department/Discount Store4,613 (5%)
Other/Unknown4,347 (5%)
Air/Bus/Train Terminal2,699 (3%)

Top 6 of 35 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown4,986 (42%)
Stranger4,840 (41%)
Acquaintance540 (5%)
Otherwise Known335 (3%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend272 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)204 (2%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,537 (51%)
Motor Vehicle Theft530 (18%)
Simple Assault295 (10%)
Aggravated Assault103 (3%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations85 (3%)
Intimidation76 (3%)

Top 6 of 27 categories shown.

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,547
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
268
Part-time civilian
30
Total FT employees
1,815
Population served
735,538
Operating budget
$254,232,367
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,383219$196,962,557
20071,523353$174,648,300
20031,429319$147,938,900
20001,489313$123,318,114
19991,440310
19971,412193
1993538209
19901,318240

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,562
Civilians (2025)
267

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

Open data

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