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Austin Police Department

City agencyTX2270100NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Hays, Travis, Williamson County, Texas

Serves ~1,000,639 residents · UCR reported

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Austin Police Department (APD) is the principal law enforcement agency serving Austin, Texas. As of fiscal year 2026, the agency had an annual budget of $527.9 million and employed around 2,457 personnel, including approximately 1,819 officers. The department also employs 24 K-9 police dogs and 16 horses. As of 2025, Lisa Davis is the current chief of police.

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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 · 79,992 victims, 97,452 offenders
Victim sex
Male44,782 (56%)
Female34,775 (43%)
Unknown435 (1%)
Victim race
White59,430 (82%)
Black or African American7,369 (10%)
Asian4,864 (7%)
American Indian or Alaska Native505 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander181 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home30,925 (32%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage21,317 (22%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk6,173 (6%)
Other/Unknown4,860 (5%)
Commercial/Office Building4,407 (5%)
Department/Discount Store3,812 (4%)

Top 6 of 44 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown10,857 (49%)
Stranger7,382 (33%)
Acquaintance1,713 (8%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)526 (2%)
Otherwise Known299 (1%)
Neighbor258 (1%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud5,125 (54%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property755 (8%)
Motor Vehicle Theft706 (7%)
Simple Assault654 (7%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery525 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations352 (4%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,743
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
594
Part-time civilian
28
Total FT employees
2,337
Population served
995,484
Operating budget
$292,947,716
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,673624$301,024,790
20071,415614$197,012,588
20031,198502$141,053,397
20001,144512$107,687,988
19991,100438
1997976398
19932,7003,021
1990795287
1987763331

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,487
Civilians (2025)
711

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

Open data

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crime incidents
APD Arrests
City of Austin open data

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