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Wake County Sheriff's Office

County agencyNC0920000NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020

Wake County, North Carolina

Serves ~199,721 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 NC0920000.

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 · 2,824 victims, 3,334 offenders
Victim sex
Male1,686 (60%)
Female1,136 (40%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White2,259 (80%)
Black or African American534 (19%)
Asian27 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native4 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,909 (55%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage296 (9%)
Construction Site216 (6%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk166 (5%)
Park/Playground130 (4%)
Other/Unknown104 (3%)

Top 6 of 35 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance4 (25%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend3 (19%)
Stranger2 (13%)
Parent2 (13%)
Spouse2 (13%)
Relationship Unknown1 (6%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property172 (43%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering57 (14%)
Motor Vehicle Theft53 (13%)
False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game40 (10%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud23 (6%)
Simple Assault14 (3%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
Wake1 dataset · arcgis

Sheriff Zones

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
377
Population served
199,721

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2007340425$59,708,190
200331674$36,646,604
2000255180$29,000,000
1999239210
1997195235

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

Sheriff Zones

POP conference activity

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

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