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Dakota County Sheriff's Office

County agencyMN0190000NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 1987

Dakota County, Minnesota

Serves ~226,358 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 MN0190000.

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 · 57 victims, 46 offenders
Victim sex
Male31 (54%)
Female24 (42%)
Unknown2 (4%)
Victim race
White44 (85%)
Black or African American5 (10%)
Asian2 (4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (2%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons22 (48%)
None12 (26%)
Blunt Object3 (7%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument3 (7%)
Firearm2 (4%)
Rifle2 (4%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Incident location
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility24 (42%)
Residence/Home17 (30%)
Government/Public Building6 (11%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk5 (9%)
School-Elementary/Secondary3 (5%)
Other/Unknown1 (2%)

Top 6 of 7 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Otherwise Known27 (43%)
Relationship Unknown26 (41%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend3 (5%)
Spouse3 (5%)
Acquaintance2 (3%)
Sibling1 (2%)

Top 6 of 7 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property3 (43%)
Weapon Law Violations2 (29%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering1 (14%)
Criminal Sexual Contact1 (14%)

Open data

Possible sources (1) — portal matches not yet confirmed

Staffing

LEMAS 1987 survey
Full-time sworn
51
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
32
Part-time civilian
17
Population served
226,358

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

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.

Agencies like this one

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