Lancaster at a glance


Population by race and Hispanic origin


Cities in this database with the most similarly-sized populations

Full-time law enforcement staff, Lancaster Police Department

  • 134 Officers
  • 29 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 2.27 Lancaster
  • 1.6 National average, cities with 50,000 to 99,999 population
  • 2.2 National average

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

Federal grant funding for Lancaster

Data was last updated October 15, 2023


We identified over $887.6K in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Lancaster
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$49,036.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025
CITY OF LANCASTER MUNICIPAL BUILDING 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
$250,000.00 9/1/2021
8/31/2023
CITY OF LANCASTER MUNICIPAL BUILDING LANCASTER, PA CIT PROJECT Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$51,894.00 10/1/2020
9/30/2024
CITY OF LANCASTER MUNICIPAL BUILDING LANCASTER, PA 2021 JAG Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$15,751.00 10/1/2020
9/30/2024
NORTH LANCASTER COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE SECURE FUNDING FOR THE TRANSITIONAL LEGAL COSTS OF A CONTRACT MEMBER OF THE NLCRPD IDENTIFIED AS EAST PETERSBURG BOROUGHTO BECOME A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE FACILITATING TWO LEBANON COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES CONTINUATION OF PROCESS FOR CONTRACTED … Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Sub

View all grants

Military equipment transfers


We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency. It is possible that this location has acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs.