FBI agency record
Rochester Police Department
Monroe County, New York
Serves ~206,391 residents · UCR reported
The Rochester Police Department, also known as the RPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of the City of Rochester, New York, reporting to the city mayor. It currently has approximately 852 officers and support staff, a budget of approximately $90 million, and covers an area of 37 square miles (96 km2). The Rochester Police Department has been under a court-ordered federal consent decree from the United States Department of Justice since 1975 over its hiring practices. The decree was part of a 1975 settlement involving racial discrimination.
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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.
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Open data
AMBER Alert Executive SummaryIncidents
CRB Summary MapUse of force
CRB SummaryStatisticsUse of force
CRIME - Data Dictionary and CodebookIncidents
Civilian ReviewUse of force
Civilian Review Open DataUse of force
GO 201 Police Officer RecruitPolicies
GO 211 Officer Assistance Program (OAP)Policies
GO 337 Use of ForceUse of force
GO 338 Juvenile Use of Force, Handcuffing, Transportation and MedicalUse of force
GO 340 Deadly Physical ForcePolicies
Heroin-related arrestsArrests
Neighborhood Crime History AppIncidents
Neighborhood Crime MapIncidents
Pepperball Launching System SOPUse of force
Public - 14 Day Crime MapIncidents
Public - 14 Day Web AppIncidents
RPD - Part I Crime 14 DaysIncidents
RPD - Part I Crime 2011 to PresentIncidents
RPD - Part I Crime 30 DaysIncidents
RPD - Part I Crime 60 DaysIncidents
Rochester Homicides Web AppIncidents
Rochester Shooting VictimsIncidents
Rolling365CrimeDataIncidents
Last checked 2026-07-03
Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 711
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 98
- Part-time civilian
- 136
- Total FT employees
- 809
- Population served
- 205,225
- Operating budget
- $95,116,000
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 622
- Civilians (2025)
- 98
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
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