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District of Columbia
District of Columbia law enforcement agencies: 3 are on record with the FBI. 2 of them (67%) report crime data; 1 have never filed a return.
Federal funding
$79.2m awarded to recipients in District of Columbia under the main federal policing programmes since October 2019. Recipients are usually cities rather than police departments, so this is reported for the state as a whole — why there is no per-agency figure.
| Programme | Awarded | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant | $51.9m | 30 |
| COPS Hiring Program | $22.7m | 36 |
| DNA Backlog Reduction | $4.6m | 9 |
FBI reporting participation
This is a state-level figure published by the FBI, not a per-agency one — it counts how many agencies across District of Columbia submitted crime data to the FBI in a given year. There is no per-agency participation file in the FBI’s bulk data, so this cannot be attributed to any single agency.
| Year | Total agencies | Submitted data | NIBRS | Population covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 2 (67.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 693,645 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 (67.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 702,250 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 (67.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 678,972 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 (67.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 671,803 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 (67.0%) | 2 (100.0%) | 670,050 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 1 (33.0%) | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 1 (33.0%) | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 1 (33.0%) | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 1 (33.0%) | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 1 (33.0%) | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 1 (33.0%) | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 (100.0%) | 1 (33.0%) | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 (100.0%) | 1 (50.0%) | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1976 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1973 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1968 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1967 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1966 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1965 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1962 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
| 1960 | 1 | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 |
Workforce over time
Sworn officers reported to the FBI each year by agencies in District of Columbia, with the number of agencies that filed a return that year shown alongside. That reporting base changes year to year, so a rising officer count here can simply mean more agencies reported, not that more officers were hired. The rate is per 1,000 people in the population those reporting agencies themselves cover, not a Census population for the whole state.
| Year | Officers | Population covered | Per 1,000 | Reporting agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,540 | 763,956 | 3.32 | 1 |
| 1961 | 2,809 | 763,956 | 3.68 | 1 |
| 1962 | 2,845 | 784,000 | 3.63 | 1 |
| 1963 | 2,910 | 798,000 | 3.65 | 1 |
| 1964 | 2,884 | 808,000 | 3.57 | 1 |
| 1965 | 2,911 | 803,000 | 3.63 | 1 |
| 1967 | 2,726 | 809,000 | 3.37 | 1 |
| 1968 | 3,220 | 809,000 | 3.98 | 1 |
| 1969 | 3,868 | 798,000 | 4.85 | 1 |
| 1970 | 5,055 | 756,510 | 6.68 | 1 |
| 1971 | 4,947 | 741,000 | 6.68 | 1 |
| 1972 | 4,951 | 748,000 | 6.62 | 1 |
| 1973 | 4,937 | 746,000 | 6.62 | 1 |
| 1974 | 4,597 | 723,000 | 6.36 | 1 |
| 1975 | 4,583 | 716,000 | 6.40 | 1 |
| 1976 | 4,340 | 702,000 | 6.18 | 1 |
| 1977 | 4,166 | 690,000 | 6.04 | 1 |
| 1978 | 4,078 | 674,000 | 6.05 | 1 |
| 1979 | 4,034 | 656,000 | 6.15 | 1 |
| 1980 | 3,652 | 635,233 | 5.75 | 1 |
| 1981 | 3,594 | 636,000 | 5.65 | 1 |
| 1982 | 3,861 | 631,000 | 6.12 | 1 |
| 1983 | 3,861 | 623,000 | 6.20 | 1 |
| 1984 | 3,879 | 623,000 | 6.23 | 1 |
| 1985 | 3,837 | 626,000 | 6.13 | 1 |
| 1986 | 3,877 | 626,000 | 6.19 | 1 |
| 1987 | 3,909 | 622,000 | 6.28 | 1 |
| 1988 | 3,920 | 620,000 | 6.32 | 1 |
| 1989 | 3,974 | 604,000 | 6.58 | 1 |
| 1990 | 4,740 | 606,900 | 7.81 | 1 |
| 1991 | 4,502 | 598,000 | 7.53 | 1 |
| 1992 | 4,424 | 589,000 | 7.51 | 1 |
| 1993 | 4,372 | 578,000 | 7.56 | 1 |
| 1994 | 4,106 | 570,000 | 7.20 | 1 |
| 1995 | 3,671 | 554,000 | 6.63 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3,611 | 543,000 | 6.65 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3,606 | 529,000 | 6.82 | 1 |
| 1998 | 3,511 | 523,000 | 6.71 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3,488 | 519,000 | 6.72 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3,628 | 572,059 | 6.34 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3,611 | 571,822 | 6.31 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3,655 | 570,898 | 6.40 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3,515 | 563,384 | 6.24 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3,787 | 553,523 | 6.84 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3,757 | 550,521 | 6.82 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3,799 | 581,530 | 6.53 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3,907 | 588,292 | 6.64 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4,030 | 591,833 | 6.81 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4,052 | 599,657 | 6.76 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3,945 | 601,723 | 6.56 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3,818 | 617,996 | 6.18 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3,867 | 632,323 | 6.12 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3,976 | 646,449 | 6.15 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3,935 | 658,893 | 5.97 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3,826 | 672,228 | 5.69 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3,753 | 681,170 | 5.51 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3,836 | 693,972 | 5.53 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3,841 | 702,455 | 5.47 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3,809 | 705,749 | 5.40 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3,766 | 712,816 | 5.28 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3,575 | 670,050 | 5.34 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3,425 | 671,803 | 5.10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3,342 | 678,972 | 4.92 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3,276 | 702,250 | 4.67 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2,994 | 693,645 | 4.32 | 1 |
Officer pay
Pay for three police occupations in District of Columbia, as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These are survey estimates, so every figure below carries BLS’s own label for them in the Source column. They are statewide figures for the occupation, not figures for any agency — this site does not publish pay for individual agencies — and nothing here has been calculated or compared by Police Census.
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (SOC 33-3051)
| Figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employment | 4,720 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual mean wage | $92,390 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 10th percentile | $66,420 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 25th percentile | $77,210 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual median wage | $88,650 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 75th percentile | $107,360 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 90th percentile | $119,660 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives (SOC 33-1012)
| Figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employment | 1,230 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual mean wage | $148,210 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 10th percentile | $98,690 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 25th percentile | $108,810 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual median wage | $134,760 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 75th percentile | $195,190 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 90th percentile | $195,190 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (SOC 33-3021)
| Figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employment | 2,980 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual mean wage | $148,110 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 10th percentile | $94,220 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 25th percentile | $114,230 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual median wage | $160,760 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 75th percentile | $170,810 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
| Annual wage, 90th percentile | $195,190 | May 2025 OEWS Estimates |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, state data file.
Agencies
| Agency | Type | County | FBI reporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Transit Police | Other | — | Reporting |
| Washington Police Department | City | — | Reporting |
| District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Arson Investigation Unit | Other | — | Never |