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Cornelius Police Department

City agency in Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2020.

ORI: NC0600400
Type: City
County: Mecklenburg
State: North Carolina
FBI reporting: Reporting since 2020-01-01
Location: 35.2469, -80.8338

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 35,117.

59Sworn officers

17Civilian staff

2.16Employees per 1,000 people

35,117Population served

Year	Officers	Civilians	Population served	Per 1,000
2025	59	17	35,117	2.16
2024	60	19	33,699	2.34
2023	63	19	32,694	2.51
2022	60	16	31,781	2.39
2021	57	16	31,453	2.32
2020	57	18	30,904	2.43
2019	60	18	30,407	2.57
2018	59	14	29,850	2.45
2017	61	14	29,153	2.57
2016	62	15	28,756	2.68
2015	56	16	28,139	2.56
2014	53	16	27,396	2.52

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.

Also policing Mecklenburg

Jurisdictions overlap. These agencies are also recorded against the same county, so a single address may be covered by more than one of them.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police DepartmentCity · reporting Davidson CollegeUniversity or College · never reported Huntersville Police DepartmentCity · reporting Matthews Police DepartmentCity · reporting Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Enforcement OfficeOther · never reported Mint Hill Police DepartmentCity · reporting Pineville Police DepartmentCity · reporting Queens UniversityUniversity or College · never reported University of North Carolina: CharlotteUniversity or College · reporting

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record NC0600400. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.