FBI agency record
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Serves ~1,035,037 residents · UCR reported
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) is the police department of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, which includes the City of Charlotte. With 1,633 officers and 525 civilian staff as of 2024, covering an area of 438 square miles (1,130 km2) with a population of 1,000,000+, it is the largest police department between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Georgia.
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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 22 categories shown.
Top 6 of 38 categories shown.
Top 6 of 25 categories shown.
Top 6 of 34 categories shown.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 1,760
- Part-time sworn
- 117
- Full-time civilian
- 549
- Part-time civilian
- 1
- Total FT employees
- 2,309
- Population served
- 954,695
- Operating budget
- $290,203,220
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 1,702
- Civilians (2025)
- 540
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
Be S.M.A.R.T. Cellphone Larceny Reduction
2015 · Submission
Habitual Larceny:Reducing Shoplifting through Repeat Offenders
2015 · Submission
S.C.H.A.R.C.: South Charlotte Homeowners Against Residential Crime
2012 · Submission
Electronic Monitoring Program
2009 · Submission
Operation Safe Storage
2007 · Finalist
Prostitution Exclusion Zone
2006 · Submission
Belmont Neighborhood Violence Reduction Project
2005 · Finalist
Lake Norman Sandbar Project
2004 · Submission
Providence High School Traffic Plan
2004 · Submission
Highland Creek Garage Robbery Project
2004 · Submission
The Home Depot Project
2003 · Submission
The McLeod Center Partnership
2003 · Submission
Hispanic Robbery Initiative
2002 · Finalist
Baker One Domestic Violence Intervention Project
2002 · Finalist
The Cat Woman: Problems at 1135 Norland Road
2001 · Submission
Uptown Mens Shelter
2000 · Finalist
North Tryon Street Corridor Commercial Burglaries
2000 · Submission
Grier Heights Neighborhood Initiative
1999 · Submission
ABC Enforcement Efforts
1999 · Submission
Independence Lodge Project
1998 · Submission
Charlie One Community Service Program
1998 · Submission
University Student Project
1998 · Submission
Genesis Park and Greenville Neighborhoods
1995 · Submission
Village Townhouse Project
1994 · Honorable Mention
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