Charlotte-Mecklenburg (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 1,641 Law Enforcement Officers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (City) NC Law Enforcement Agency, and the rate of Law Enforcement officers per 1000 residents was 1.64. Compared to 2023, the rate of Law Enforcement Officers remained the same.

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.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg (City), NC Trend of Rate of Law Enforcement Officers Per 1000

Charlotte-Mecklenburg (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	838	2.08
1992	873	2.13
1993	940	2.22
1994	1207	2.29
1995	1208	2.22
1996	1290	2.33
1997	1220	2.17
1998	1261	2.13
1999	1641	2.71
2000	1733	2.77
2001	1822	2.86
2002	1807	2.79
2003	1781	2.67
2004	1785	2.70
2005	1841	2.72
2006	1837	2.63
2007	1815	2.48
2008	1953	2.57
2009	1929	2.48
2010	1990	2.55
2011	2026	2.57
2012	2047	2.53
2013	1900	2.27
2014	2127	2.48
2015	2136	2.43
2016	2037	2.27
2017	2035	2.23
2018	1817	1.95
2019	1823	1.93
2020	1749	1.83
2021	1734	1.81
2022	1668	1.75
2023	1608	1.64
2024	1641	1.64