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San Jose Police Department

City agency in Santa Clara, California. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2023.

ORI
CA0431300
Type
City
County
Santa Clara
State
California
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2023-04-01
Location
37.2208, -121.6906

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 994,435.

1,065Sworn officers
502Civilian staff
1.58Employees per 1,000 people
994,435Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20251,065502994,4351.58
20241,056499956,8401.63
20231,075473952,5301.63
20221,109458956,8141.64
20211,1614631,019,7721.59
20201,1704611,029,5421.58
20191,1504571,040,0081.55
20181,1134371,047,3051.48
20179404061,037,5291.30
20169394131,041,8441.30
20159393861,031,4581.28
20149664111,009,6791.36

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Deaths during encounters with this agency

31 people have died during an encounter with San Jose Police Department between 2013 and 2025, according to Mapping Police Violence.

31Deaths recorded
3.12Per 100,000 people policed
20132025Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot30
Gunshot, Taser1

What this figure is and is not. It counts deaths recorded as occurring during an encounter with this agency. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and a death being recorded here says nothing about whether it was lawful. Many involve armed confrontations; some involve none. Police Census publishes counts only and does not name the people who died.

These records are compiled from news reports and public records by Mapping Police Violence, an independent research organisation — they are not official statistics, and no federal database records this comprehensively. Used with permission.

Military surplus received

Transferred under the Department of Defense 1033 programme, which passes surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies at no cost. Values are the Department’s original acquisition cost, not what the equipment is worth today.

$849,188Original acquisition value
35Line items received
20142015Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Mine Resistant Vehicle1$733,0002014-05-06
Camera System,Reconnaissance14$85,2752014-06-26
Night Vision Equip, Emit, Reflected Rad1$15,7352014-05-15
Computer,Digital6$5,9912014-02-20
Pan And Tilt Assembly,Thermal Viewer1$3,4332014-07-11
Sight,Reflex215$3,0582015-03-05
Screen,Camouflage24$1,2732014-02-20
Tray,Weapon,Vehicul1$1,0802014-07-10
Barrel And Front Sight Assembly13$2402014-03-18
Buttstock,Subassembly60$792014-04-23
Buffer Assembly,Recoil40$242014-04-03

Source: Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office, public data as at 30 June 2026. Items are grouped by description; the date shown is the most recent shipment of that item.

Also policing Santa Clara

Jurisdictions overlap. These agencies are also recorded against the same county, so a single address may be covered by more than one of them.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record CA0431300. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.