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Milwaukee Police Department

City agencyWIMPD0000NIBRS since 2004LEMAS 2020Founded 1855

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Serves ~559,717 residents · UCR reported

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The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) is the police department organized under the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The department has a contingent of about 1,800 sworn officers when at full strength and is divided into seven districts. Jeffrey B. Norman is the current chief of police, serving since December 2020.

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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 · 29,859 victims, 36,103 offenders
Victim sex
Female15,471 (52%)
Male14,349 (48%)
Unknown39 (0%)
Victim race
White14,275 (49%)
Black or African American14,159 (48%)
Asian783 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native120 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander85 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk12,571 (35%)
Residence/Home8,837 (25%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage7,219 (20%)
Department/Discount Store1,281 (4%)
Other/Unknown816 (2%)
Convenience Store776 (2%)

Top 6 of 43 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger763 (37%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend557 (27%)
Relationship Unknown457 (22%)
Acquaintance103 (5%)
Otherwise Known66 (3%)
Friend31 (1%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,696 (48%)
Motor Vehicle Theft548 (15%)
Simple Assault323 (9%)
Aggravated Assault246 (7%)
Intimidation207 (6%)
Weapon Law Violations204 (6%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,738
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
445
Part-time civilian
141
Total FT employees
2,183
Population served
589,067
Operating budget
$297,366,419
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20132,294443$237,538,363
20071,960476$211,979,812
20031,989478$168,810,655
20001,998474$149,812,727
19992,079517
19972,151466
19932,039470
19901,866408
19871,941375

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,553
Civilians (2025)
320

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

Open data

Milwaukee Open Data

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