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Worcester County Sheriff's Office

County agencyMD0240000NIBRS since 2022LEMAS 2020

Worcester County, Maryland

Serves ~34,409 residents · LEMAS survey

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Worcester County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of Worcester County, and serves a population of 46,543 residents in 473 square miles (1,230 km2) of Worcester County, Maryland. The current sheriff is Matt Crisafulli, having been first elected to the office in 2018.

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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 MD0240000.

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 · 37 victims, 40 offenders
Victim sex
Male21 (57%)
Female16 (43%)
Victim race
White25 (68%)
Black or African American11 (30%)
Asian1 (3%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons15 (41%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument9 (24%)
Blunt Object3 (8%)
Unknown2 (5%)
Other2 (5%)
Asphyxiation2 (5%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home20 (54%)
School-Elementary/Secondary4 (11%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.3 (8%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2 (5%)
Bar/Nightclub2 (5%)
Other/Unknown2 (5%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance15 (33%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend9 (20%)
Otherwise Known3 (7%)
Spouse3 (7%)
Friend2 (4%)
Stranger2 (4%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault3 (38%)
All Other Larceny1 (13%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1 (13%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations1 (13%)
Drug Equipment Violations1 (13%)
Weapon Law Violations1 (13%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
53
Part-time sworn
27
Full-time civilian
14
Part-time civilian
12
Total FT employees
67
Population served
34,409
Operating budget
$7,400,000
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013467$5,324,455

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 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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