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Portsmouth Police Department

City agencyVA1200000NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020

Portsmouth City County, Virginia

Serves ~95,094 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Portsmouth Police Department (PPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Portsmouth, Virginia. It has about 255 sworn law enforcement officers. Total staff including dispatchers and non-sworn workers is about 380 employees.

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI VA1200000.

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 · 9,087 victims, 14,134 offenders
Victim sex
Female4,641 (51%)
Male4,436 (49%)
Unknown10 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American5,368 (60%)
White3,510 (39%)
Asian56 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native8 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home4,627 (33%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2,552 (18%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,825 (13%)
Liquor Store1,493 (11%)
Convenience Store774 (6%)
Department/Discount Store509 (4%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown82 (30%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend62 (22%)
Acquaintance44 (16%)
Otherwise Known19 (7%)
Stranger12 (4%)
Spouse10 (4%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property694 (49%)
Simple Assault196 (14%)
Motor Vehicle Theft138 (10%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud122 (9%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game104 (7%)
Aggravated Assault44 (3%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
190
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
55
Part-time civilian
6
Total FT employees
245
Population served
95,094
Operating budget
$32,814,704
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201321081$36,791,598
200724396$26,904,613
200321886$20,996,322
2000246122$15,523,464
1999243103
1997246109
199321476
199020766
198721071

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

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No open data sources are catalogued for this agency yet. FBI reported-crime data is still available via the Crime Data Explorer link above.

POP conference activity

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

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