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Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

County agencyGA0580000NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Forsyth County, Georgia

Serves ~244,208 residents · LEMAS survey

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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 GA0580000.

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 · 2,766 victims, 3,802 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,585 (57%)
Female1,175 (42%)
Unknown6 (0%)
Victim race
White2,252 (83%)
Black or African American207 (8%)
Asian172 (6%)
American Indian or Alaska Native88 (3%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,558 (38%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage522 (13%)
Construction Site227 (6%)
Grocery/Supermarket220 (5%)
Specialty Store218 (5%)
Department/Discount Store182 (4%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown323 (35%)
Stranger260 (28%)
Acquaintance111 (12%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend45 (5%)
Otherwise Known45 (5%)
Parent31 (3%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property94 (25%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery55 (14%)
Impersonation52 (14%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud47 (12%)
Motor Vehicle Theft32 (8%)
Simple Assault25 (7%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
forsythcoga1 dataset · arcgis

Sheriff District

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
307
Part-time sworn
1
Full-time civilian
82
Part-time civilian
4
Total FT employees
443
Population served
244,208
Operating budget
$48,058,660
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2007282147$31,191,677
200315452$16,755,875
200013440$7,729,867
199912667
19977666

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

Sheriff District

POP conference activity

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

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