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Berkeley County Sheriff's Office

County agencySC0080000NIBRS since 1991LEMAS 2020

Berkeley County, South Carolina

Serves ~133,081 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 SC0080000.

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 · 1,641 victims, 1,370 offenders
Victim sex
Male909 (55%)
Female732 (45%)
Victim race
White843 (52%)
Black or African American783 (48%)
American Indian or Alaska Native4 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander3 (0%)
Asian3 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun331 (26%)
Personal Weapons239 (19%)
Firearm176 (14%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument170 (13%)
Blunt Object118 (9%)
Other70 (6%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home1,086 (66%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk290 (18%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage56 (3%)
Bar/Nightclub46 (3%)
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility27 (2%)
Service/Gas Station18 (1%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance358 (23%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend233 (15%)
Stranger186 (12%)
Relationship Unknown161 (10%)
Spouse84 (5%)
Otherwise Known84 (5%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property52 (25%)
Weapon Law Violations44 (21%)
Simple Assault41 (20%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering13 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations12 (6%)
Kidnapping/Abduction12 (6%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
179
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
33
Part-time civilian
5
Total FT employees
311
Population served
133,081
Operating budget
$5,360,071
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201315588$11,270,000
200713773$12,744,580
20009720$5,196,590
199911918
19979817
19936855

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 catalogued open data portals for this agency yet, but its official website may publish records and transparency reports.

POP conference activity

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

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