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Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

County agencyNC0200000NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Cherokee County, North Carolina

Serves ~25,552 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 NC0200000.

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 · 1,518 victims, 1,773 offenders
Victim sex
Male873 (58%)
Female641 (42%)
Unknown4 (0%)
Victim race
White1,443 (98%)
Black or African American19 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native5 (0%)
Asian2 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,148 (64%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage91 (5%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk82 (5%)
Department/Discount Store78 (4%)
Other/Unknown53 (3%)
Rental Storage Facility51 (3%)

Top 6 of 36 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown118 (31%)
Acquaintance95 (25%)
Otherwise Known27 (7%)
Stranger23 (6%)
Parent21 (5%)
Neighbor21 (5%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property100 (36%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering84 (30%)
Motor Vehicle Theft22 (8%)
Simple Assault16 (6%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game14 (5%)
Stolen Property Offenses12 (4%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

No open-data portal has been found for this agency. Discovery sweeps Socrata, ArcGIS, and CKAN portals on a schedule, so this can change. Know of a portal or dataset this agency publishes? Tell us.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
29
Part-time sworn
3
Full-time civilian
18
Part-time civilian
1
Total FT employees
69
Population served
25,552
Operating budget
$5,500,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
1987104

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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