The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026

What the job looks like at Antioch Police

1,258 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10am to 11amContra Costa County

Antioch Police is the police department for the city of Antioch, in Contra Costa County. This page shows what its officers spend their time on, from the stops the department reported to the state for 2024.

People stopped
About 3 a day

1,258 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: red light, stop sign or traffic sign, 17%.

Busiest hour for stops
10am to 11am
22% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
11th of 19 in Contra Costa County
Stops that came from a call
32%
The rest the officer started
1st of 19 in Contra Costa County
Stops on foot
30%
372 of 1,258
2nd of 19 in Contra Costa County
Median stop length
11 min

Where Antioch Police works

Filled: Antioch city limits.
Name in the state file
ANTIOCH PD
People stopped, 2024
1,258
Separate stops, 2024
1,184

Other departments in Contra Costa County

What Antioch Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign17%
Registration, plates or insurance16%
Speeding10%
Lights, tint or equipment8%
Mental health hold6%
Theft, burglary or stolen property5%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation4%
Trespassing3%
Phone use while driving2%
Domestic violence2%
Everything else26%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,258 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

22% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Antioch Police
Contra Costa County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Contra Costa County. Antioch Police is highlighted.

On foot30% 2nd of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation62% 19th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service32% 1st of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused4% 7th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning32% 13th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation12% 17th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest15% 3rd of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold6% 1st of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%

One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched12% 5th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed20% 1st of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
This page covers the work only. Pay, hiring steps and test rules for this department are not on the site yet. Agencies differ in how consistently they record handcuffing and searches, so small gaps may not be real.

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.