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Dallas Police Department

City agencyTXDPD0000NIBRS since 2018LEMAS 2020Founded 1881

Collin, Dallas, Denton County, Texas

Serves ~1,331,217 residents · UCR reported

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The Dallas Police Department, established in 1881, is the principal law enforcement agency serving the city of Dallas, Texas.

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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.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 27,232 victims, 24,192 offenders
Victim sex
Male15,224 (56%)
Female11,994 (44%)
Unknown14 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American13,701 (50%)
White13,248 (49%)
Asian171 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native37 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander27 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun10,059 (48%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument3,899 (19%)
Firearm2,332 (11%)
Personal Weapons1,361 (7%)
Other772 (4%)
Blunt Object632 (3%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home9,419 (35%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk6,098 (22%)
Commercial/Office Building4,224 (16%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2,680 (10%)
Field/Woods1,906 (7%)
Service/Gas Station432 (2%)

Top 6 of 41 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown12,490 (40%)
Stranger7,543 (24%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend2,671 (9%)
Acquaintance2,124 (7%)
Other Family Member1,591 (5%)
Otherwise Known1,585 (5%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property964 (33%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations450 (15%)
Simple Assault415 (14%)
Weapon Law Violations369 (13%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering136 (5%)
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter102 (3%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
3,137
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
509
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
3,646
Population served
1,343,266
Operating budget
$509,140,287
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20133,478544$417,761,422
20073,122617$362,903,806
20032,943553$287,082,139
20002,862724$246,000,000
19992,858723
19972,817710
19932,810718
19902,635852
19872,280560

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
3,268
Civilians (2025)
698

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

Open data

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