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Knoxville Police Department

City agencyTN0470100NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020

Knox County, Tennessee

Serves ~200,645 residents · UCR reported

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The Knoxville Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, 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 · 14,774 victims, 22,937 offenders
Victim sex
Female7,644 (52%)
Male7,128 (48%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White11,983 (81%)
Black or African American2,542 (17%)
Asian164 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native65 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander17 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home7,615 (36%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage3,582 (17%)
Department/Discount Store2,291 (11%)
Other/Unknown1,370 (6%)
Grocery/Supermarket1,183 (6%)
Specialty Store757 (4%)

Top 6 of 40 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown1,893 (64%)
Stranger360 (12%)
Acquaintance244 (8%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)105 (4%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend94 (3%)
Otherwise Known73 (2%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud326 (17%)
Simple Assault262 (14%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property255 (13%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations247 (13%)
Drug Equipment Violations241 (13%)
Motor Vehicle Theft140 (7%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
366
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
99
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
465
Population served
190,223
Operating budget
$57,074,780
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013405114$49,502,190
2007382120$40,825,150
200340492$36,308,207
200040191$30,269,368
199938993
199739586
199333164
199030262
198730662

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
369
Civilians (2025)
100

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

Open data

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