Open Policing Data Hub

FBI agency record

Baltimore County Police Department

County agencyMD0030100NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Baltimore County, Maryland

Serves ~849,486 residents · UCR reported

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Baltimore County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for Baltimore County, Maryland. They have been accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (C.A.L.E.A.) since 1984.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

See something wrong (website, links, data)? Report a data issue

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.

Burglary: victim & offender age · 4,356 victims, 8,141 offenders
Victim sex
Male2,187 (50%)
Female2,164 (50%)
Unknown5 (0%)
Victim race
White2,299 (53%)
Black or African American1,760 (41%)
Asian217 (5%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander17 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native14 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home3,106 (41%)
Specialty Store866 (11%)
Other/Unknown710 (9%)
Convenience Store527 (7%)
Rental Storage Facility458 (6%)
Restaurant286 (4%)

Top 6 of 34 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown1,801 (56%)
Stranger665 (21%)
Acquaintance197 (6%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)177 (6%)
Otherwise Known107 (3%)
Parent51 (2%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property2,494 (73%)
Motor Vehicle Theft186 (5%)
Simple Assault126 (4%)
Aggravated Assault109 (3%)
Robbery101 (3%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations89 (3%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,856
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
256
Part-time civilian
247
Total FT employees
2,112
Population served
826,017
Operating budget
$236,088,678
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,845255$190,000,000
20071,888300$175,972,152
20001,754305$107,154,244
19991,639309
19971,608286

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,764
Civilians (2025)
247

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

Open data

Baltimore County open data

POP conference activity

Agencies like this one

Compared by size, crime mix, rates, and staffing within the same agency class · precomputed from FBI trend and NIBRS data. Methodology: agency-metrics/metrics-spec.md

Assessing a response? These agencies double as informal comparison groups: if your trend falls while comparable agencies hold steady, the case that your response worked is much stronger. See the project report template.