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West Haven Police Department

City agency in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2015.

ORI
CT0015600
Type
City
County
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
State
Connecticut
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2015-01-01
Location
41.2738, -72.9643

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 55,336.

127Sworn officers
10Civilian staff
2.48Employees per 1,000 people
55,336Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20251271055,3362.48
20241202954,5982.73
20231161154,7912.32
2022116955,1332.27
2021118854,2482.32
2020127854,5162.48
2018109854,7382.14
20171181554,3422.45
20161231554,8002.52
20151231154,7412.45
20141231154,9172.44
20131241055,3492.42

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.

Deaths during encounters with this agency

2 people have died during an encounter with West Haven Police Department between 2023 and 2025, according to Mapping Police Violence.

2Deaths recorded
3.61Per 100,000 people policed
20232025Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot2

What this figure is and is not. It counts deaths recorded as occurring during an encounter with this agency. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and a death being recorded here says nothing about whether it was lawful. Many involve armed confrontations; some involve none. Police Census publishes counts only and does not name the people who died.

These records are compiled from news reports and public records by Mapping Police Violence, an independent research organisation — they are not official statistics, and no federal database records this comprehensively. Used with permission.

Also policing South Central Connecticut Planning Region

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 CT0015600. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.