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Alexandria Police Department

City agencyVA0990000NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020Founded 1870

Alexandria City County, Virginia

Serves ~159,534 residents · UCR reported

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The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 155,810 people within 15.4 square miles (40 km2) of jurisdiction within Alexandria, Virginia. The APD has been internationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) since 1986. The APD has 323 sworn officers and 152 civilian employees. New officers are trained at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy.

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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 · 8,127 victims, 13,373 offenders
Victim sex
Male4,109 (51%)
Female3,985 (49%)
Unknown33 (0%)
Victim race
White4,888 (67%)
Black or African American2,051 (28%)
Asian311 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native23 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander7 (0%)
Incident location
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage3,317 (26%)
Residence/Home2,432 (19%)
Convenience Store1,223 (10%)
Department/Discount Store1,083 (9%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,050 (8%)
Grocery/Supermarket732 (6%)

Top 6 of 38 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown1,589 (48%)
Stranger1,039 (31%)
Otherwise Known277 (8%)
Acquaintance117 (4%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)65 (2%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend63 (2%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,063 (53%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud407 (20%)
Simple Assault187 (9%)
Motor Vehicle Theft109 (5%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering42 (2%)
Intimidation40 (2%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
305
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
86
Part-time civilian
23
Total FT employees
391
Population served
158,726
Operating budget
$68,864,175
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013311100$53,400,000
2007320120$51,378,889
2003294131$37,845,000
2000279119$30,963,524
1999279128
1997272121
1993258112
1990257104
198722694

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
264
Civilians (2025)
69

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.

POP conference activity

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