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Spokane Police Department

City agencyWA0320400NIBRS since 2016LEMAS 2020

Spokane County, Washington

Serves ~230,962 residents · UCR reported

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The Spokane Police Department is the agency responsible for law enforcement in Spokane, Washington. The department was founded in 1881. As of 2015, the department had 310 sworn officers. As of 2025, Kevin Hall is the Chief of Police.

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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 · 4,143 victims, 4,312 offenders
Victim sex
Male2,221 (54%)
Female1,858 (45%)
Unknown64 (2%)
Victim race
White3,159 (81%)
Black or African American495 (13%)
American Indian or Alaska Native146 (4%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander41 (1%)
Asian41 (1%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons692 (18%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument584 (15%)
Handgun550 (14%)
Asphyxiation506 (13%)
Other445 (11%)
Blunt Object431 (11%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,908 (46%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,242 (30%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage302 (7%)
Park/Playground151 (4%)
Other/Unknown67 (2%)
Bar/Nightclub57 (1%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger1,336 (29%)
Relationship Unknown743 (16%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend571 (12%)
Acquaintance522 (11%)
Otherwise Known341 (7%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)262 (6%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property390 (38%)
Weapon Law Violations152 (15%)
Simple Assault93 (9%)
Kidnapping/Abduction91 (9%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering84 (8%)
All Other Larceny44 (4%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
spokane2 datasets · arcgis

SPD Calls For ServiceCalls for service

SPD Ticket and CitationCitations

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
338
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
94
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
432
Population served
222,050
Operating budget
$66,657,391
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201327496$52,199,816
2007282109$43,902,371
2000292132$32,735,760
1999284118
1997281100
199325297
199024078
198724266

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
340
Civilians (2025)
98

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

Open data

SPD Ticket and Citation
citations

POP conference activity

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