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New York City Police Department

City agencyNY0303000NIBRS since 2023LEMAS 2020Founded 1845

Not Specified County, New York

Serves ~8,496,850 residents · UCR reported

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The City of New York Police Department, also known as the New York City Police Department (NYPD), is the primary policing and investigation agency within New York City as per the NYC Charter. Established on May 23, 1845, the NYPD is the largest, and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the United States.

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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 · 192,509 victims, 358,024 offenders
Victim sex
Male101,246 (53%)
Female91,263 (47%)
Victim race
White65,574 (44%)
Black or African American54,821 (37%)
Asian27,743 (19%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1,382 (1%)
Incident location
Other/Unknown86,220 (25%)
Residence/Home75,510 (22%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk72,347 (21%)
Department/Discount Store25,311 (7%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital20,147 (6%)
Specialty Store11,271 (3%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown120,826 (70%)
Stranger43,056 (25%)
Ex-Spouse2,461 (1%)
Acquaintance2,091 (1%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1,370 (1%)
Otherwise Known951 (1%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Stolen Property Offenses20,077 (35%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property15,471 (27%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations5,016 (9%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering3,515 (6%)
Embezzlement2,562 (4%)
Weapon Law Violations2,133 (4%)

Top 6 of 32 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
data.cityofnewyork.us32 datasets · socrata

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
34,810
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
15,160
Part-time civilian
3,335
Total FT employees
49,970
Population served
8,253,213
Operating budget
$5,500,000,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201334,45414,635$4,612,690,000
200735,21616,264$3,800,000,000
200335,97313,850$3,630,429,000
200040,43512,594$3,210,000,000
199939,09912,249
199738,3289,132
199328,0797,401
199025,6557,708

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
33,604
Civilians (2025)
13,237

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

Open data

New York City / NYPD open data
crime incidents

POP conference activity

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

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