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Albuquerque Police Department

City agencyNM0010100NIBRS since 2018LEMAS 2020Founded 1880

Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Serves ~559,192 residents · UCR reported

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The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is the largest police force in the state, with approximately 1,000 sworn officers in 2022.

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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 · 39,338 victims, 76,511 offenders
Victim sex
Male20,414 (52%)
Female18,803 (48%)
Unknown121 (0%)
Victim race
White25,759 (86%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1,808 (6%)
Black or African American1,509 (5%)
Asian702 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander109 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home20,883 (30%)
Department/Discount Store10,461 (15%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage9,122 (13%)
Grocery/Supermarket8,151 (12%)
Commercial/Office Building3,390 (5%)
Specialty Store2,923 (4%)

Top 6 of 42 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown9,983 (78%)
Stranger700 (5%)
Acquaintance515 (4%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)371 (3%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend226 (2%)
Otherwise Known223 (2%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property6,889 (47%)
Motor Vehicle Theft2,109 (14%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud1,231 (8%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game1,005 (7%)
Simple Assault919 (6%)
Aggravated Assault819 (6%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources

ABQ DataPortal

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
957
Part-time sworn
4
Full-time civilian
442
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
1,399
Population served
562,540
Operating budget
$205,348,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013971406$155,098,000
2007963492$149,929,000
2003876309$92,931,840
2000859377$76,068,000
1999865357
1997869361
1993809349
1990808376
1987682373

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
966
Civilians (2025)
671

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

Open data

ABQ Data

POP conference activity

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