FBI agency record
Chicago Police Department
Cook County, Illinois
Serves ~2,715,488 residents · UCR reported
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Chicago City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States, behind the New York City Police Department. As of 2025, the CPD had 11,554 sworn officers on duty, and has 124 units. Tracing its roots to 1835, the Chicago Police Department is one of the oldest modern police departments in the world.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Top 6 of 30 categories shown.
Top 6 of 25 categories shown.
Top 6 of 22 categories shown.
Open data
Last checked 2026-07-03
ArrestsArrests
BIA Cases - By Involved OfficerComplaints
COPA Cases - By Complainant or SubjectComplaints
COPA Cases - By Involved OfficerComplaints
COPA Cases - SummaryComplaints
Chicago Police Department - Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting (IUCR) CodesIncidents
Crimes - 2001 to PresentIncidents
Crimes - One year prior to presentIncidents
FOIA Request Log - Chicago Police Board
FOIA Request Log - Independent Police Review Authority
Police ANOV/Misdemeanor Report - ANOVsCitations
Sex OffendersIncidents
Strategic Subject List - HistoricalArrests
Traffic Crashes - CrashesCrashes
Traffic Crashes - Vision Zero Chicago Traffic FatalitiesCrashes
Violence Reduction - Shotspotter Alerts - Historical
Violence Reduction - Victim Demographics - AggregatedIncidents
Last checked 2026-07-03
Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 12,675
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 1,021
- Part-time civilian
- 0
- Total FT employees
- 13,696
- Population served
- 2,677,643
- Operating budget
- $1,033,570,821
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
| Wave | FT sworn | FT civilian | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 12,042 | 822 | $1,250,254,874 |
| 2007 | 13,336 | 2,100 | $1,217,401,602 |
| 2003 | 13,469 | 1,236 | $1,014,763,000 |
| 2000 | 13,466 | 3,000 | $910,000,000 |
| 1999 | 13,307 | 3,125 | — |
| 1997 | 13,271 | 3,816 | — |
| 1993 | 12,368 | 3,364 | — |
| 1990 | 11,837 | 3,072 | — |
| 1987 | 20 | 8 | — |
Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 11,542
- Civilians (2025)
- 758
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
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POP conference activity
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