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Gaston County Sheriff's Office

County agencyNC0360000NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2013

Gaston County, North Carolina

Serves ~208,049 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Gaston County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer for Gaston County.

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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 NC0360000.

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 · 48 victims, 40 offenders
Victim sex
Male39 (81%)
Female9 (19%)
Victim race
White38 (79%)
Black or African American10 (21%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons24 (62%)
None8 (21%)
Other4 (10%)
Unknown2 (5%)
Firearm1 (3%)
Incident location
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility45 (94%)
Government/Public Building1 (2%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1 (2%)
Residence/Home1 (2%)
Victim–offender relationship
Otherwise Known24 (49%)
Relationship Unknown15 (31%)
Stranger7 (14%)
Acquaintance2 (4%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1 (2%)
Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault2 (50%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations2 (50%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
124
Part-time sworn
20
Full-time civilian
90
Part-time civilian
8
Population served
208,049
Operating budget
$18,342,174
Body-worn cameras: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
19997268
19979047
19875816

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

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POP conference activity

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

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