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Who polices this county

Pick a state, then a county, and see every police agency whose area touches it, with what each one reported to the FBI in 2025. Each agency links to its own page with its reported crime rate and the math.

Informational only, not professional advice. There is no county total and no ranking: the agencies in a county overlap, so their figures cannot be added together.

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Where the list comes from

The FBI Crime Data Explorer lists every law enforcement agency it collects from, with the county or counties its area touches. CrimeTally lists those agencies by county, A to Z, and beside each one says how many of the twelve monthly reports for 2025 the FBI holds from it. The data is from the FBI's September 2026 refresh.

What the list leaves out, on purpose

  • No rates on the list. A list of agencies with a number beside each reads as a ranking, which the FBI says its data should not be used for. The rate, with its inputs, is on each agency's own page.
  • No county total. Sheriff, city, campus and state agencies overlap inside a county and each has its own population figure from the FBI. A sum would count some residents twice and leave others out.
  • Agencies with no county. The FBI gives some agencies, mostly state and federal units, no county at all. They are on the state's A to Z list but on no county page, and each county list says how many there are.

Last reviewed: September 2026

Questions people ask

Why is there no crime rate for the county as a whole?

Because the agencies in a county overlap. A sheriff's office, several city police departments and a state police post can all work inside one county, and the FBI gives each its own population. Adding their crimes together would count some people twice and miss others, so the total would not be a rate for anything real. Each agency has its own page with its own rate.

Why is a city listed under two counties?

Some cities straddle a county line, and the FBI lists their police department under every county its area touches. The agency appears on each of those county pages, with the same figures.

Which agency covers a town that has no police department of its own?

Usually the county sheriff's office, sometimes the state police. The FBI's data does not say which towns each agency covers, only the population it serves, so CrimeTally cannot name the agency for a given address. The county list shows the candidates.

Why does an agency say it reported only part of the year?

The FBI collects a report for every month. An agency that sent 9 of 12 is shown as such, and its own page gives the count for those months without stretching it into a yearly rate. An agency that sent nothing is shown as having reported nothing for that year.

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