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Multnomah County Sheriff's Office

County agencyOR0260000NIBRS since 2015LEMAS 2020Founded 1854

Multnomah County, Oregon

Serves ~47,460 residents · UCR reported

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Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) serves the close to 700,000 residents of Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is a County Law Enforcement agency that handles 9-1-1 calls and assists other city agencies such as the Portland Police Bureau. The current Sheriff is Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell. The cities of Maywood Park, Wood Village, Fairview, and Troutdale contract out the law enforcement services of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

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 · 764 victims, 762 offenders
Victim sex
Male440 (58%)
Female323 (42%)
Unknown1 (0%)
Victim race
White593 (83%)
Black or African American91 (13%)
Asian14 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander11 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native6 (1%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons234 (35%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument119 (18%)
Other92 (14%)
Blunt Object69 (10%)
Handgun62 (9%)
Firearm32 (5%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home232 (30%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk128 (17%)
Air/Bus/Train Terminal128 (17%)
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility92 (12%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage82 (11%)
Government/Public Building16 (2%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown306 (33%)
Stranger238 (25%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend92 (10%)
Acquaintance74 (8%)
Otherwise Known42 (4%)
Spouse37 (4%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations112 (54%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property25 (12%)
Simple Assault25 (12%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering13 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations5 (2%)
Robbery5 (2%)

Top 6 of 20 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
133
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
214
Part-time civilian
1
Total FT employees
773
Population served
48,905
Operating budget
$164,084,413
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
200395242$91,773,457
200097312$97,401,422
199995819
1997502221
1993482200
1990143507

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
132
Civilians (2025)
628

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Public policy portal

116 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

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