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Atlanta Police Department

City agencyGAAPD0000NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2020Founded 1873

Dekalb, Fulton County, Georgia

Serves ~525,939 residents · UCR reported

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The Atlanta Police Department (APD) is a law enforcement agency in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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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 · 53,592 victims, 55,282 offenders
Victim sex
Male31,788 (59%)
Female21,571 (40%)
Unknown233 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American31,212 (64%)
White15,405 (32%)
Asian1,107 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander410 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native358 (1%)
Incident location
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage19,709 (31%)
Residence/Home17,813 (28%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk6,847 (11%)
Department/Discount Store2,875 (4%)
Restaurant2,055 (3%)
Commercial/Office Building1,883 (3%)

Top 6 of 39 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown26,001 (83%)
Stranger3,373 (11%)
Acquaintance532 (2%)
Otherwise Known529 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)274 (1%)
Friend163 (1%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,253 (63%)
Motor Vehicle Theft205 (10%)
Simple Assault148 (7%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud99 (5%)
Aggravated Assault93 (5%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations57 (3%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
Possible sources (1) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Annual Crime Incidents in Atlanta by Typesharefulton.fultoncountyga.gov

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,657
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
436
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
2,093
Population served
512,550
Operating budget
$215,013,960
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,940430$168,651,480
20071,701476$184,893,651
20031,462531$132,224,955
20001,474510$119,407,023
19991,500469
19971,612496
19931,602541

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,817
Civilians (2025)
532

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

Open data

Public policy portal

144 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

Browse policies
Atlanta PD open data portal

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