Chapel Hill (City), North Carolina Trend of Number and Rate of Law Enforcement Officers

Updated on October 4, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2024, there were 86 Law Enforcement Officers in the Chapel Hill (City) NC Law Enforcement Agency, and the rate of Law Enforcement officers per 1000 residents was 1.35. Compared to 2023, the rate of Law Enforcement Officers decreased by 2%.

The chart below shows the rate of law enforcement officers, and the table below shows both the number of officers and the rate of law enforcement officers for recent years.

You can see similar information for other North Carolina law enforcement agencies.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

Chapel Hill (City), NC Trend of Rate of Law Enforcement Officers Per 1000

Chapel Hill (City), NC Trend of Number and Rate of Law Enforcement Officers

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Year	Number of Police Officers	Rate of Police Offficers Per 1000
1991	77	1.96
1992	77	1.93
1993	72	1.64
1994	78	1.75
1995	95	2.00
1996	96	1.99
1997	93	1.90
1998	102	2.23
1999	99	2.34
2000	100	2.05
2001	106	2.14
2002	102	2.03
2003	101	1.94
2004	105	2.10
2005	105	2.09
2006	110	2.18
2007	115	2.29
2008	112	2.15
2009	112	2.11
2010	113	1.97
2011	114	1.97
2012	109	1.86
2013	105	1.79
2014	105	1.74
2015	103	1.72
2016	104	1.73
2017	91	1.53
2018	93	1.54
2019	82	1.33
2020	95	1.47
2021	86	1.34
2022	86	1.41
2023	90	1.38
2024	86	1.35