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Louisville Metro Police Department

City agencyKY0568000NIBRS since 2013LEMAS 2020Founded 2003

Jefferson County, Kentucky

Serves ~691,630 residents · UCR reported

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The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) began operations on January 6, 2003, as part of the creation of the consolidated city-county government in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was formed by the merger of the Jefferson County Police Department and the Louisville Division of Police.

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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 · 43,780 victims, 60,101 offenders
Victim sex
Female21,908 (50%)
Male21,827 (50%)
Unknown45 (0%)
Victim race
White29,146 (67%)
Black or African American13,413 (31%)
Asian637 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native101 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander15 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home21,238 (36%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage12,535 (21%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk4,955 (8%)
Department/Discount Store4,948 (8%)
Specialty Store1,882 (3%)
Other/Unknown1,587 (3%)

Top 6 of 42 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown5,154 (45%)
Stranger1,687 (15%)
Acquaintance1,421 (12%)
Otherwise Known791 (7%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend592 (5%)
Friend414 (4%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,924 (30%)
Motor Vehicle Theft1,691 (26%)
Stolen Property Offenses543 (8%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering410 (6%)
Simple Assault401 (6%)
Intimidation264 (4%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Open data

LOJIC1 dataset · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,069
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
261
Part-time civilian
45
Total FT employees
1,330
Population served
682,986
Operating budget
$190,578,200
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,220226$162,700,976
20071,184227$150,323,196
20031,195499$68,000,000
2000689320$64,721,454
1999643163
1997654212
1993630175
1990630182

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,013
Civilians (2025)
442

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

Open data

Jefferson County KY Police Stations
Louisville Open Data

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