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Benton County Sheriff's Office

County agencyMN0050000NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2013

Benton County, Minnesota

Serves ~38,865 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 MN0050000.

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 · 217 victims, 255 offenders
Victim sex
Male158 (73%)
Female58 (27%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White51 (98%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (2%)
Incident location
Residence/Home114 (42%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage28 (10%)
Other/Unknown18 (7%)
Rental Storage Facility17 (6%)
Industrial Site17 (6%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk13 (5%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance2 (67%)
Parent1 (33%)
Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property27 (44%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering13 (21%)
Motor Vehicle Theft9 (15%)
Stolen Property Offenses4 (7%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud3 (5%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game1 (2%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
24
Part-time sworn
2
Full-time civilian
47
Part-time civilian
8
Population served
38,865
Operating budget
$6,804,062
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20072544$5,490,118
20002040$2,656,245
19991726
19971635

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.

Agencies like this one

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