FBI agency record
Seattle Police Department
King County, Washington
Serves ~791,503 residents · UCR reported
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
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Open data
Seattle / SPD open dataUse of force
Call DataCalls for service
Crisis DataUse of force
Office of Police Accountability ComplaintsComplaints
PDRs After using "City of Seattle Public Records Request Center"
SPD 9-11 Customer Satisfaction Survey Data
SPD Crime Data: 2008-PresentIncidents
SPD Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) DataOfficer Involved Shootings
Seattle Crime Stats by 1990 Census Tract 1996-2007Incidents
Seattle Police Department In-Car Video Dropped Frame Report
Terry StopsPedestrian Stops
Use Of ForceUse of force
Last checked 2026-07-03
CP Rolling AVGIncidents
CP Rolling AVG for graphIncidents
CP Rolling AVG-Quarter 2Incidents
Car Prowls_2016Incidents
Res Burg 12 Mo. Rolling AVG-2 ChartIncidents
Residential Burglary & Secure Parking DataIncidents
Last checked 2026-07-03
Staffing
- 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
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 1,064
- Civilians (2025)
- 454
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
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