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Fort Lauderdale Police Department

City agencyFL0060300NIBRS since 2023LEMAS 2020

Broward County, Florida

Serves ~191,199 residents · UCR reported

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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 · 1,377 victims, 1,937 offenders
Victim sex
Male761 (55%)
Female613 (45%)
Unknown3 (0%)
Victim race
White846 (67%)
Black or African American395 (31%)
Asian15 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander4 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home466 (23%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage327 (16%)
Department/Discount Store196 (10%)
Bar/Nightclub190 (9%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk122 (6%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital73 (4%)

Top 6 of 33 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger269 (68%)
Relationship Unknown61 (15%)
Otherwise Known27 (7%)
Acquaintance22 (6%)
Friend6 (2%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend4 (1%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud28 (30%)
Simple Assault16 (17%)
Motor Vehicle Theft14 (15%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property11 (12%)
Wire Fraud6 (6%)
Aggravated Assault4 (4%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
fortlauderdale1 dataset · arcgis

Police Reporting AreasIncidents

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
514
Part-time sworn
6
Full-time civilian
167
Part-time civilian
1
Total FT employees
681
Population served
184,245
Operating budget
$130,978,406
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013495144$91,459,637
2007453186$88,516,690
2003509216$73,000,000
2000496238$58,049,356
1999501302
1997462261
1993465267
1990474280

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
565
Civilians (2025)
169

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

Open data

Police Reporting Areas
crime incidents

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