FBI agency record
San Diego County Sheriff's Office
San Diego County, California
Serves ~498,387 residents · UCR reported
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office (SDSO) is a law enforcement agency serving San Diego County, California. It was established in 1850. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the county and one of the largest sheriff's offices in the United States, with over 4,206 employees, an annual budget of over $1.3 billion, and a service area over 4,500 square miles extending to a 60-mile international border.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Open data
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 1,372
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 1,603
- Part-time civilian
- 0
- Total FT employees
- 4,158
- Population served
- 951,134
- Operating budget
- $978,303,451
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 2,487
- Civilians (2025)
- 1,831
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
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