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Grand Rapids Police Department

City agencyMI4143600NIBRS since 2002LEMAS 2020Founded 1871

Kent County, Michigan

Serves ~200,467 residents · UCR reported

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The Grand Rapids Police Department is a municipal police department within Grand Rapids in the state of Michigan, United States.

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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 · 12,794 victims, 16,756 offenders
Victim sex
Female6,038 (47%)
Male5,355 (42%)
Unknown1,401 (11%)
Victim race
White4,477 (69%)
Black or African American1,851 (29%)
Asian85 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native32 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander4 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home6,421 (41%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk3,484 (22%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1,425 (9%)
Other/Unknown982 (6%)
Convenience Store633 (4%)
Grocery/Supermarket395 (3%)

Top 6 of 41 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown12,395 (89%)
Otherwise Known592 (4%)
Stranger349 (3%)
Friend147 (1%)
Acquaintance108 (1%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend82 (1%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault72 (30%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property55 (23%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game36 (15%)
Aggravated Assault23 (10%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud22 (9%)
Motor Vehicle Theft9 (4%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Open data

Possible sources (2) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
291
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
66
Part-time civilian
33
Total FT employees
357
Population served
200,031
Operating budget
$55,145,968
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201329181$52,547,545
200732177$45,337,446
200336178$39,216,934
200036080$33,343,774
199936170
199734775
199327772
199027980
198728678

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
299
Civilians (2025)
117

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

Open data

Public policy portal

118 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

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

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