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Amherst Police Department

City agency in Lorain, Ohio. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2001.

ORI
OH0470100
Type
City
County
Lorain
State
Ohio
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2001-09-01
Location
41.4088, -82.2390

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 13,129.

24Sworn officers
9Civilian staff
2.51Employees per 1,000 people
13,129Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
202524913,1292.51
202425912,9962.62
2023251012,9762.70
202223912,9932.46
202121912,4252.41
202023812,2442.53
201921812,1662.38
201819712,1002.15
201720612,0902.15
201620612,1562.14
201520612,1712.14
201420612,1332.14

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.

Also policing Lorain

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 OH0470100. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.