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St. Louis Police Department

City agency in St Louis City, Missouri. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2021.

ORI
MOSPD0000
Type
City
County
St Louis City
State
Missouri
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2021-01-01
Location
38.6252, -90.1993

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 274,819.

843Sworn officers
362Civilian staff
4.38Employees per 1,000 people
274,819Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025843362274,8194.38
2024860364277,2944.41
2023926373280,1084.64
20221,010347286,0534.74
20211,131380295,5365.11
20201,262397298,4225.56
20191,201408300,5215.35
20181,189419306,8755.24
20171,188436310,2845.23
20161,194438314,5075.19
20151,230527317,0955.54
20141,384562318,5746.11

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

59 people have died during an encounter with St. Louis Police Department between 2013 and 2026, according to Mapping Police Violence.

59Deaths recorded
21.47Per 100,000 people policed
20132026Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot56
Taser3

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.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record MOSPD0000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.