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St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office

County agencyMD0190000NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020Founded 1637

St Mary'S County, Maryland

Serves ~114,687 residents · LEMAS survey

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The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency servicing St. Mary's County, Maryland. It has a direct jurisdiction of 764 square miles (1,980 km2) servicing a population of 105,151 people.

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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 MD0190000.

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 · 768 victims, 632 offenders
Victim sex
Male416 (54%)
Female352 (46%)
Victim race
White384 (50%)
Black or African American378 (49%)
Asian3 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons130 (24%)
Other105 (19%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument101 (18%)
Handgun93 (17%)
Blunt Object31 (6%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel25 (5%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home406 (53%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk157 (20%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage57 (7%)
Commercial/Office Building19 (2%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.15 (2%)
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility15 (2%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance277 (35%)
Stranger172 (22%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend116 (15%)
Spouse38 (5%)
Relationship Unknown33 (4%)
Sibling24 (3%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property95 (51%)
Weapon Law Violations20 (11%)
All Other Larceny16 (9%)
Simple Assault14 (7%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations12 (6%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering11 (6%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
151
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
96
Part-time civilian
6
Total FT employees
327
Population served
114,687
Operating budget
$47,410,062
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013139139$19,494,152
200310337$15,658,896

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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