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Buncombe County Sheriff's Office

County agencyNC0110000NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Buncombe County, North Carolina

Serves ~149,281 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 NC0110000.

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 · 2,644 victims, 3,397 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,523 (58%)
Female1,113 (42%)
Unknown8 (0%)
Victim race
White2,427 (94%)
Black or African American133 (5%)
Asian9 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native5 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,677 (49%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage392 (11%)
Other/Unknown180 (5%)
Construction Site156 (5%)
Department/Discount Store147 (4%)
Grocery/Supermarket131 (4%)

Top 6 of 37 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend11 (58%)
Parent2 (11%)
Ex-Spouse1 (5%)
Other Family Member1 (5%)
Stranger1 (5%)
Relationship Unknown1 (5%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Burglary/Breaking & Entering138 (32%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property112 (26%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud40 (9%)
Motor Vehicle Theft38 (9%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations31 (7%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game22 (5%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

bunco1 dataset · arcgis

CAD Calls For ServiceCalls for service

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
233
Population served
149,281

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013236130$26,000,000
200327738$18,000,000
200022738$17,476,067
199920099
199720692
199313378
19871580

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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