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Tampa Police Department

City agencyFL0290200NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1855

Hillsborough County, Florida

Serves ~421,313 residents · UCR reported

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The Tampa Police Department (TPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Tampa, Florida. The Tampa Police Department has 985 authorized sworn law enforcement personnel positions and more than 350 civilian and support staff personnel positions. The current police chief is Lee Bercaw.

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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 · 13,285 victims, 16,444 offenders
Victim sex
Male7,331 (55%)
Female5,949 (45%)
Unknown5 (0%)
Victim race
White9,371 (71%)
Black or African American3,536 (27%)
Asian253 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native26 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander17 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home6,287 (35%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2,981 (17%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,361 (8%)
Department/Discount Store1,303 (7%)
Grocery/Supermarket614 (3%)
Specialty Store612 (3%)

Top 6 of 41 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger58 (28%)
Acquaintance46 (23%)
Relationship Unknown43 (21%)
Otherwise Known34 (17%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend6 (3%)
Friend5 (2%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property360 (30%)
Simple Assault206 (17%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud199 (17%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations124 (10%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game61 (5%)
Drug Equipment Violations58 (5%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
924
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
274
Part-time civilian
4
Total FT employees
1,198
Population served
407,599
Operating budget
$184,247,618
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013954256$142,000,000
2007992360$122,367,843
2003962302$9,141,169
2000939290$89,570,060
1999930288
1997916285
1993788273
1990824259
1987719211

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
969
Civilians (2025)
292

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

Open data

Police Calls for Service
calls for service
Community Crime
crime incidents

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