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Big Stone Gap Police Department

City agency in Wise, Virginia. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 1998.

ORI
VA0960200
Type
City
County
Wise
State
Virginia
FBI reporting
Reporting since 1998-04-01
Location
36.8629, -82.7710

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 5,049.

13Sworn officers
1Civilian staff
2.77Employees per 1,000 people
5,049Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20251315,0492.77
20241315,0712.76
20231215,1092.54
20221015,1552.13
20211015,0552.18
20201315,0802.76
20191215,1702.51
20181215,2152.49
20171515,3343.00
20161315,3782.60
20151315,4212.58
20141525,5333.07

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 Wise

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 VA0960200. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.