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San Antonio Police Department

City agencyTXSPD0000NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2020Founded 1718

Bexar, Medina County, Texas

Serves ~1,549,306 residents · UCR reported

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The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of San Antonio, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. Its headquarters are at South Santa Rosa district. SAPD is one of the largest municipal police departments in 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.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 152,404 victims, 226,535 offenders
Victim sex
Male89,253 (59%)
Female62,044 (41%)
Unknown1,107 (1%)
Victim race
White110,981 (90%)
Black or African American10,491 (8%)
Asian1,391 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander702 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native291 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home76,984 (36%)
Specialty Store50,016 (23%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage20,953 (10%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.12,821 (6%)
Restaurant9,373 (4%)
Department/Discount Store8,165 (4%)

Top 6 of 35 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown32,393 (69%)
Acquaintance3,373 (7%)
Stranger2,995 (6%)
Otherwise Known2,133 (5%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)1,590 (3%)
Friend906 (2%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property11,499 (47%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud4,025 (17%)
Motor Vehicle Theft2,627 (11%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations1,636 (7%)
Simple Assault948 (4%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery886 (4%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
CoSAGIS5 datasets · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
2,488
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
675
Part-time civilian
256
Total FT employees
3,163
Population served
1,567,118
Operating budget
$496,714,285
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20132,278605$372,622,521
20071,795607$276,091,620
20032,056527$218,630,821
20001,882505$197,013,318
19991,986551
19971,867437
19931,641365
19901,576336
19871,374269

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
2,597
Civilians (2025)
644

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

Open data

City of San Antonio open data

POP conference activity

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