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Tacoma Police Department

City agencyWA0270300NIBRS since 2007LEMAS 2020Founded 1885

Pierce County, Washington

Serves ~219,945 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Tacoma Police Department (TPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Tacoma, Washington, United States. The TPD employs 334 sworn officers and 38 civilian employees. The Chief of Police is Patti Jackson.

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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 WA0270300.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 17,311 victims, 19,911 offenders
Victim sex
Male10,378 (60%)
Female6,832 (39%)
Unknown101 (1%)
Victim race
White9,943 (76%)
Black or African American2,216 (17%)
Asian720 (6%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander87 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native36 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk7,352 (38%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage6,308 (33%)
Residence/Home3,673 (19%)
Other/Unknown549 (3%)
Commercial/Office Building224 (1%)
Specialty Store199 (1%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown6,501 (69%)
Stranger2,073 (22%)
Acquaintance378 (4%)
Otherwise Known131 (1%)
Friend75 (1%)
Parent73 (1%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,213 (36%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle712 (21%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering412 (12%)
All Other Larceny268 (8%)
Stolen Property Offenses225 (7%)
Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories109 (3%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
336
Population served
219,945

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201335236$71,379,260
200737442$65,000,000
200335435$51,082,823
200037842$79,469,914
199939342
199738842
199334941
199032936
198730829

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

Tacoma Open Data

POP conference activity

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

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