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Montgomery County Police Department

County agencyMD0160400NIBRS since 2016LEMAS 2020Founded 1922

Montgomery County, Maryland

Serves ~924,573 residents · UCR reported

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The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), officially the Montgomery County Department of Police, is a nationally accredited agency and the primary law enforcement agency of Montgomery County, Maryland, providing the full spectrum of policing services to the entire county, including the Potomac River.

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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 · 33,962 victims, 55,156 offenders
Victim sex
Male17,403 (51%)
Female16,081 (47%)
Unknown478 (1%)
Victim race
White12,404 (63%)
Black or African American5,618 (29%)
Asian1,471 (8%)
American Indian or Alaska Native43 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander6 (0%)
Incident location
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage12,300 (24%)
Residence/Home10,125 (20%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk7,557 (15%)
Department/Discount Store4,299 (8%)
Specialty Store3,591 (7%)
Grocery/Supermarket2,521 (5%)

Top 6 of 40 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown4,048 (43%)
Stranger3,958 (42%)
Otherwise Known415 (4%)
Acquaintance338 (4%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend164 (2%)
Friend79 (1%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,638 (30%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud1,512 (27%)
Motor Vehicle Theft670 (12%)
Simple Assault596 (11%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery370 (7%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations209 (4%)

Top 6 of 28 categories shown.

Open data

gEFt9c3jUfWMXCEP1 dataset · arcgis

Calls for ServiceCalls for service

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,283
Part-time sworn
7
Full-time civilian
471
Part-time civilian
176
Total FT employees
1,754
Population served
894,817
Operating budget
$295,327,329
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,121415$250,599,471
20071,199364$219,415,330
20031,089498$150,588,249
20001,019281$119,000,000
19991,038278
1997977272
1990845233
1987792189

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,055
Civilians (2025)
723

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

Open data

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