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Philadelphia Police Department

City agencyPAPEP0000NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Serves ~1,562,379 residents · UCR reported

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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.

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 55,903 victims, 60,333 offenders
Victim sex
Male30,155 (54%)
Female25,597 (46%)
Unknown151 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American28,295 (51%)
White24,894 (45%)
Asian1,894 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native107 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander48 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk57,811 (96%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1,009 (2%)
Residence/Home393 (1%)
Other/Unknown360 (1%)
Auto Dealership New/Used134 (0%)
Service/Gas Station92 (0%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger3,897 (47%)
Relationship Unknown3,274 (40%)
Acquaintance242 (3%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend172 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)162 (2%)
Otherwise Known119 (1%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property9,247 (81%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle1,096 (10%)
Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories179 (2%)
Weapon Law Violations154 (1%)
All Other Larceny128 (1%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering105 (1%)

Top 6 of 28 categories shown.

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
6,356
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
788
Part-time civilian
716
Total FT employees
7,144
Population served
1,578,487
Operating budget
$753,874,810
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20136,515828$600,102,216
20076,778832$514,015,714
20036,853912$489,938,858
20007,024904$384,625,924
19997,013890
19976,782954
19936,076854
19906,523831
19876,809825

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
5,065
Civilians (2025)
817

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

Open data

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POP conference activity

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

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