FBI agency record
Minneapolis Police Department
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Serves ~428,057 residents · UCR reported
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. Formed in 1867, it is the second-oldest police department in Minnesota, after the Saint Paul Police Department that formed in 1854. A short-lived Board of Police Commissioners existed from 1887 to 1890.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Top 6 of 36 categories shown.
Top 6 of 11 categories shown.
Top 6 of 29 categories shown.
Open data
Open MinneapolisPortal
Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 812
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 140
- Part-time civilian
- 0
- Total FT employees
- 952
- Population served
- 433,111
- Operating budget
- $193,001,000
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 622
- Civilians (2025)
- 298
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
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