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St. Louis Police Department

City agencyMOSPD0000NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1808

St Louis City County, Missouri

Serves ~297,645 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

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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 MOSPD0000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 19,713 victims, 22,135 offenders
Victim sex
Male10,062 (51%)
Female9,610 (49%)
Unknown41 (0%)
Victim race
White9,505 (50%)
Black or African American9,060 (48%)
Asian311 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native29 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander29 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk15,587 (72%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage3,763 (17%)
Residence/Home867 (4%)
Service/Gas Station550 (3%)
Other/Unknown239 (1%)
Commercial/Office Building102 (0%)

Top 6 of 37 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger1,617 (54%)
Relationship Unknown553 (18%)
Acquaintance225 (8%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)148 (5%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend107 (4%)
Otherwise Known90 (3%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,199 (24%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle1,047 (21%)
Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories639 (13%)
Stolen Property Offenses504 (10%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations315 (6%)
Weapon Law Violations217 (4%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
Possible sources (1) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,197
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
463
Part-time civilian
49
Total FT employees
1,660
Population served
297,645
Operating budget
$165,105,124
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,334512$131,830,464

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

City of St. Louis crime data (SLMPD)
crime incidents

POP conference activity

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

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