Birmingham at a glance


Population by race and Hispanic origin


Cities in this database with the most similarly-sized populations

Full-time law enforcement staff, Birmingham Police Department

  • 756 Officers
  • 195 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 3.66 Birmingham
  • 1.6 National average, cities with 100,000 to 249,999 population
  • 2.2 National average

These figures reflect the Birmingham Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.

Federal grant funding for Birmingham

Data was last updated November 20, 2022


We identified over $4.3M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Birmingham
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$340,604.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM ALLOWS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING TRIBES, TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL CRIME BASED ON THEIR OWN STATE AND LOCAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS. GRANT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES, … Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$26,981.00 1/1/2021
12/31/2022
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM HIDTA Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy 95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program Sub
$353,899.00 10/1/2020
9/30/2024
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM BJA FY2021 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM - LOCAL SOLICITATION Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$43,255.00 1/1/2020
12/31/2021
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM 2020 HIDTA Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy 95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program Sub

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Military equipment transfers

Data last updated April 3, 2024


$466.5K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Birmingham Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is MK3MOD0 with 1 item valued at $262,654.00 each

Recent equipment transfers

Military equipment transfers
Ship date Item and National Stock Number (NSN) Quantity Acquisition value, each Acquisition value, total DEMIL code DEMIL IC
4/17/2013 MAC KIT,FULL ARMOR 4 DOOR
2510-01-525-2758
1 1 @ $35,140.70 $35,140.70 D 1
4/3/2013 COMPUTER SYSTEMS LAPTOP
7010-DS-LAP-TOPS
3 3 @ $1,698.56 $5,095.68 D 0
2/4/2013 VIEWER,NIGHT VISION
5855-01-490-6600
1 1 @ $15,670.47 $15,670.47 D 1
2/4/2013 MK3MOD0
1385-01-456-9129
1 1 @ $262,654.00 $262,654.00 Q 3

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