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Seattle Police Department

City agencyWASPD0000NIBRS since 2012LEMAS 2020Founded 1886

King County, Washington

Serves ~791,503 residents · UCR reported

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The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is responsible for the entire city except for the campus of the University of Washington.

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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 · 84,329 victims, 108,011 offenders
Victim sex
Male47,081 (56%)
Female34,559 (41%)
Unknown2,689 (3%)
Victim race
White46,275 (72%)
Asian10,668 (17%)
Black or African American6,151 (10%)
American Indian or Alaska Native644 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander498 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home33,411 (31%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk24,207 (22%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage16,581 (15%)
Grocery/Supermarket5,564 (5%)
Department/Discount Store5,430 (5%)
Other/Unknown4,960 (5%)

Top 6 of 44 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown12,106 (80%)
Stranger1,147 (8%)
Acquaintance498 (3%)
Otherwise Known345 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)275 (2%)
Neighbor209 (1%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Motor Vehicle Theft7,953 (67%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,155 (10%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering685 (6%)
Simple Assault601 (5%)
Aggravated Assault386 (3%)
Intimidation303 (3%)

Top 6 of 30 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,231
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
564
Part-time civilian
1
Total FT employees
1,795
Population served
769,714
Operating budget
$399,271,638
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,285516$263,085,780
20071,277490$208,000,000
20031,238575$168,840,357
20001,261657$135,604,854
19991,252657
19971,232482
19931,232504
19901,271504
19871,117503

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,064
Civilians (2025)
454

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

Open data

Seattle / SPD open data
use of force

POP conference activity

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