Between 1977 and 2017, expenditure on policing by the city of Wilmington, Delaware increased from 6.14 percent of total direct expenditure to 13.96 percent of total direct expenditure. Conversely, the city with the lowest increase over this time was San Francisco, were spending fell from 4.59 percent of total direct expenditure to 3.44 percent - although in neighboring Oakland, police expenditure increased from 4.97 percent to 6.26 percent.
Note that as these figures are based on the expenditure share, they do not indicate the increase in absolute spending over this period.
Expenditure on police by cities in the United States in 1977 and 2017, by share of total direct expenditure
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Direct expenditure include expenditure on education, welfare, health, transportation, public safety, the environment, housing, government administration, interest on debt, utilities, liquor stores and employee retirement trusts.
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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. (June 16, 2020). Expenditure on police by cities in the United States in 1977 and 2017, by share of total direct expenditure [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125741/police-expenditure-cities-share-total-direct-expenditure/
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. "Expenditure on police by cities in the United States in 1977 and 2017, by share of total direct expenditure." Chart. June 16, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125741/police-expenditure-cities-share-total-direct-expenditure/
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. (2020). Expenditure on police by cities in the United States in 1977 and 2017, by share of total direct expenditure. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125741/police-expenditure-cities-share-total-direct-expenditure/
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. "Expenditure on Police by Cities in The United States in 1977 and 2017, by Share of Total Direct Expenditure." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125741/police-expenditure-cities-share-total-direct-expenditure/
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Expenditure on police by cities in the United States in 1977 and 2017, by share of total direct expenditure Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125741/police-expenditure-cities-share-total-direct-expenditure/ (last visited December 29, 2024)
Expenditure on police by cities in the United States in 1977 and 2017, by share of total direct expenditure [Graph], Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, June 16, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125741/police-expenditure-cities-share-total-direct-expenditure/
