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Howard County Police Department

County agencyMD0140100NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1952

Howard County, Maryland

Serves ~328,200 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Howard County Police Department (HCPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of Howard County, Maryland.

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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 MD0140100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 804 victims, 735 offenders
Victim sex
Female421 (52%)
Male382 (48%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American426 (54%)
White320 (41%)
Asian39 (5%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons244 (35%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument169 (24%)
Handgun102 (15%)
Other54 (8%)
Blunt Object43 (6%)
Firearm31 (4%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home432 (54%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk99 (12%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage91 (11%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.36 (4%)
School-Elementary/Secondary23 (3%)
Service/Gas Station12 (1%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend160 (20%)
Acquaintance138 (17%)
Stranger92 (12%)
Relationship Unknown81 (10%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)69 (9%)
Spouse64 (8%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations45 (22%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property42 (20%)
Simple Assault29 (14%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering25 (12%)
Robbery16 (8%)
All Other Larceny16 (8%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
465
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
203
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
668
Population served
328,200
Operating budget
$124,729,951
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013448180$95,532,202
2007408168$70,943,018
2003348159$46,619,311
200032891$40,489,253
199930388
199731075
199323348
199027271
198724458

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

No catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

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

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