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Swain County Sheriff's Office

County agencyNC0870000NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Swain County, North Carolina

Serves ~12,736 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 NC0870000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Burglary: victim & offender age · 160 victims, 184 offenders
Victim sex
Male101 (63%)
Female59 (37%)
Victim race
White149 (96%)
American Indian or Alaska Native7 (4%)
Incident location
Residence/Home133 (75%)
Other/Unknown9 (5%)
Rental Storage Facility6 (3%)
Church/Synagogue/Temple/Mosque5 (3%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage4 (2%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.3 (2%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown52 (63%)
Acquaintance7 (8%)
Stranger7 (8%)
Otherwise Known6 (7%)
Parent2 (2%)
Neighbor2 (2%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property12 (29%)
All Other Larceny10 (24%)
Theft From Building8 (19%)
Simple Assault4 (10%)
Motor Vehicle Theft1 (2%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle1 (2%)

Top 6 of 12 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
30
Part-time sworn
10
Full-time civilian
6
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
65
Population served
12,736
Operating budget
$2,882,876
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2000131$584,888
1999230
1987812

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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