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Arlington County Police Department

County agencyVA0070100NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020Founded 1940

Arlington County, Virginia

Serves ~240,716 residents · UCR reported

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The Arlington County Police Department (ACPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency servicing the 238,643 residents of the 26 square miles (67 km2) of jurisdiction within Arlington County, Virginia. It is the primary law enforcement agency in the county for all levels of law enforcement, although the many federal reservations, enclaves and special jurisdictions in the county often maintain their own law enforcement agencies, which often collaborate with the County Police on many of their larger issues.

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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 · 1,377 victims, 1,430 offenders
Victim sex
Male848 (62%)
Female527 (38%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White841 (61%)
Black or African American473 (35%)
Asian52 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument270 (22%)
Personal Weapons184 (15%)
Other141 (11%)
Asphyxiation141 (11%)
Blunt Object138 (11%)
Handgun126 (10%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home559 (41%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk334 (24%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage98 (7%)
Restaurant55 (4%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.51 (4%)
Bar/Nightclub43 (3%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger596 (39%)
Relationship Unknown206 (14%)
Acquaintance145 (10%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend143 (9%)
Otherwise Known84 (6%)
Spouse59 (4%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property116 (30%)
Weapon Law Violations66 (17%)
Kidnapping/Abduction45 (11%)
Simple Assault43 (11%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations21 (5%)
All Other Larceny18 (5%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
345
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
81
Part-time civilian
19
Total FT employees
426
Population served
240,119
Operating budget
$72,274,292
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201336271$59,909,398
200736494$52,864,619
2003357110$37,000,000
2000362101$33,381,542
1999347119
1997333127
199332180
199030875
198730165

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
299
Civilians (2025)
117

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

Open data

No catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

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