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Chesapeake Police Department

City agencyVA1030000NIBRS since 1999LEMAS 2020

Chesapeake City County, Virginia

Serves ~257,012 residents · UCR reported

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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 · 3,361 victims, 3,409 offenders
Victim sex
Female1,752 (52%)
Male1,589 (47%)
Unknown20 (1%)
Victim race
Black or African American2,046 (62%)
White1,234 (37%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander18 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native8 (0%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun525 (19%)
Firearm476 (18%)
Asphyxiation471 (17%)
Blunt Object296 (11%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument266 (10%)
Personal Weapons237 (9%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,856 (55%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk675 (20%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage287 (9%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.138 (4%)
Park/Playground48 (1%)
Restaurant39 (1%)

Top 6 of 31 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger1,437 (33%)
Acquaintance620 (14%)
Offender447 (10%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend403 (9%)
Otherwise Known297 (7%)
Spouse197 (5%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property376 (34%)
Weapon Law Violations253 (23%)
Simple Assault190 (17%)
Kidnapping/Abduction68 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations44 (4%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering36 (3%)

Top 6 of 29 categories shown.

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
374
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
128
Part-time civilian
18
Total FT employees
502
Population served
247,011
Operating budget
$52,326,523
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013364139
2007360144$44,558,825
2003345133$30,343,416
200033278$25,193,785
1999339103
199729576
199326572
199026155
198723041

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
361
Civilians (2025)
213

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

Open data

Public policy portal

184 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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