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Orange County Sheriff's Office

County agencyCA0300000NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1889

Orange County, California

Serves ~764,381 residents · LEMAS survey

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) is the law enforcement agency serving Orange County, California. It currently serves the unincorporated areas of Orange County and thirteen contract cities in the county: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, Villa Park, and Yorba Linda.

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI CA0300000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 2,132 victims, 2,375 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,233 (58%)
Female885 (42%)
Unknown14 (1%)
Victim race
White1,568 (83%)
Asian248 (13%)
Black or African American60 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander9 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native7 (0%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk786 (32%)
Residence/Home626 (26%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage365 (15%)
Air/Bus/Train Terminal131 (5%)
Other/Unknown74 (3%)
Park/Playground55 (2%)

Top 6 of 35 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown647 (75%)
Stranger143 (17%)
Otherwise Known28 (3%)
Acquaintance18 (2%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)8 (1%)
Employer5 (1%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud136 (30%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property57 (13%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations44 (10%)
Drug Equipment Violations39 (9%)
Identity Theft34 (8%)
Motor Vehicle Theft31 (7%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,864
Part-time sworn
27
Full-time civilian
1,466
Part-time civilian
28
Total FT employees
3,615
Population served
764,381
Operating budget
$839,783,560
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,8501,814$613,854,702
20031,7551,774$347,588,105
20001,7701,531$357,853,663
19991,3611,334
19971,3031,309
19931,1831,003

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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