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Chattanooga Police Department

City agencyTN0330100NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020Founded 1852

Hamilton County, Tennessee

Serves ~193,881 residents · UCR reported

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The Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement organization serving Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the United States. The department is headed by a chief of police, with one deputy chief and three assistant chiefs commanding the major bureaus of the department: the Uniformed Services Bureau, the Investigative Services Bureau, and the Administration and Support Services Bureau.

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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 · 18,452 victims, 31,445 offenders
Victim sex
Male9,693 (53%)
Female8,730 (47%)
Unknown29 (0%)
Victim race
White12,816 (70%)
Black or African American5,255 (29%)
Asian240 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander61 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native49 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home8,007 (27%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage5,259 (18%)
Department/Discount Store4,210 (14%)
Grocery/Supermarket1,845 (6%)
Other/Unknown1,769 (6%)
Convenience Store1,428 (5%)

Top 6 of 42 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown405 (50%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)82 (10%)
Acquaintance78 (10%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend75 (9%)
Stranger69 (8%)
Otherwise Known39 (5%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,122 (35%)
Simple Assault354 (11%)
Drug Equipment Violations313 (10%)
Motor Vehicle Theft306 (9%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations292 (9%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud244 (8%)

Top 6 of 27 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
445
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
101
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
546
Population served
184,742
Operating budget
$69,220,152
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2007437190$42,236,116
200345147$35,214,923
2000432164$28,434,390
1999447148
199741896
1993377108
1990371134
1987370136

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
397
Civilians (2025)
157

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

Open data

Police Incident Data (ChattaData)
crime incidents

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