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Kent County Sheriff's Office

County agencyMI4114100NIBRS since 1996LEMAS 2020

Kent County, Michigan

Serves ~270,333 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

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 · 4,835 victims, 9,196 offenders
Victim sex
Male2,601 (54%)
Female2,176 (45%)
Unknown58 (1%)
Victim race
White4,225 (89%)
Black or African American462 (10%)
Asian71 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native4 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home2,399 (27%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1,324 (15%)
Grocery/Supermarket1,204 (14%)
Department/Discount Store715 (8%)
Specialty Store517 (6%)
Convenience Store389 (4%)

Top 6 of 40 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown3,835 (72%)
Stranger842 (16%)
Otherwise Known267 (5%)
Acquaintance116 (2%)
Friend65 (1%)
Neighbor37 (1%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud205 (36%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property122 (21%)
Motor Vehicle Theft96 (17%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations38 (7%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering24 (4%)
Simple Assault23 (4%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
242
Part-time sworn
3
Full-time civilian
125
Part-time civilian
20
Total FT employees
583
Population served
261,788
Operating budget
$67,730,797
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2003207160$47,246,331
2000167152$39,000,000
1999189370
1997171317
1993327117
199027167
1987131162

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
278
Civilians (2025)
395

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Public policy portal

24 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

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

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