U.S. city expenditure on police as a share of total direct expenditure 1977-2017

To access data, click "create a table", select all, select years 1977 and 2017, select "Direct Expenditure" and "Police Protection" from the "Direct Expenditures by Function" menu, select "Total", "Nominal" and "Fiscally Standardized City" from the next three lists respectively, then click "Go to Table".

Values are calculated by Statista is based on the source's Fiscally Standardized Cities data. Fiscally Standardized Cities are standardized measures of city expenditure that factor in expenditure by overlapping governments, such as counties, independent school districts and special districts, allowing for a meaningful comparison of expenditure between cities.

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.