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Richmond Police Department

City agencyVA1220000NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020Founded 1807

Richmond City County, Virginia

Serves ~235,995 residents · UCR reported

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The Richmond Police Department (RPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the 230,436 people within the 62.5 square miles (162 km2) jurisdiction of Richmond, Virginia. The department employs about 750 sworn officers and about 170 civilians.

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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 · 18,097 victims, 23,922 offenders
Victim sex
Male9,357 (52%)
Female8,727 (48%)
Unknown13 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American8,021 (51%)
White7,660 (48%)
Asian164 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native25 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home6,555 (26%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk5,547 (22%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage4,932 (20%)
Liquor Store2,165 (9%)
Convenience Store1,529 (6%)
Department/Discount Store977 (4%)

Top 6 of 39 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance53 (26%)
Relationship Unknown45 (22%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend44 (22%)
Otherwise Known23 (11%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)21 (10%)
Friend5 (2%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property536 (43%)
Simple Assault264 (21%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud185 (15%)
Motor Vehicle Theft83 (7%)
Weapon Law Violations29 (2%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery28 (2%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
700
Population served
232,226

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013714200$88,707,820
2007739244$73,734,809
2003627182$58,848,779
2000703122$50,643,201
1999688128
1997702110
199363290
199064669
198760991

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
608
Civilians (2025)
132

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

Open data

Police Beats

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