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Baton Rouge Police Department

City agencyLA0170200NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1865

East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana

Serves ~219,052 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Baton Rouge is the second most populous city in Louisiana and is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish which is the most populous parish in the state.

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI LA0170200.

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 · 15,394 victims, 24,382 offenders
Victim sex
Female7,907 (51%)
Male7,468 (49%)
Unknown19 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American9,276 (66%)
White4,718 (33%)
Asian160 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native5 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home7,469 (31%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage4,020 (16%)
Specialty Store2,970 (12%)
Other/Unknown2,180 (9%)
Department/Discount Store1,534 (6%)
Service/Gas Station1,439 (6%)

Top 6 of 42 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend92 (61%)
Stranger16 (11%)
Relationship Unknown7 (5%)
Acquaintance7 (5%)
Friend6 (4%)
Offender5 (3%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property837 (27%)
Simple Assault405 (13%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering339 (11%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery309 (10%)
Motor Vehicle Theft261 (8%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud242 (8%)

Top 6 of 28 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
608
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
148
Part-time civilian
5
Total FT employees
756
Population served
219,052
Operating budget
$93,530,380
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013658177$84,402,820
2007634276$63,018,060
2003604182$49,071,540
2000599185$48,510,590
1999714102
1997643109
1993649207
1990591124
198763880

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

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

Baton Rouge Police Crime Incidents
crime incidents

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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