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Nelson County Sheriff's Office

County agencyKY0900000NIBRS since 2009LEMAS 2003

Nelson County, Kentucky

Serves ~39,635 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 KY0900000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 54 victims, 47 offenders
Victim sex
Male40 (74%)
Female14 (26%)
Victim race
White51 (94%)
Black or African American3 (6%)
Weapons involved
Other18 (36%)
Personal Weapons17 (34%)
Handgun6 (12%)
Blunt Object4 (8%)
Unknown2 (4%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument1 (2%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home23 (43%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk22 (41%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2 (4%)
School-Elementary/Secondary1 (2%)
Government/Public Building1 (2%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital1 (2%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger29 (49%)
Acquaintance8 (14%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend6 (10%)
Other Family Member4 (7%)
Relationship Unknown2 (3%)
Child2 (3%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property7 (27%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations4 (15%)
Intimidation4 (15%)
Drug Equipment Violations2 (8%)
Simple Assault2 (8%)
Weapon Law Violations2 (8%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2003 survey
Full-time sworn
24
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
4
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
31
Population served
39,635
Operating budget
$1,800,000

Source: BJS LEMAS 2003 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

FBI police employment

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

Open data

No open data sources are catalogued for this agency yet. FBI reported-crime data is still available via the Crime Data Explorer link above.

POP conference activity

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

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