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Charleston County Sheriff's Office

County agencySC0100000NIBRS since 1991LEMAS 2020

Charleston County, South Carolina

Serves ~88,230 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 SC0100000.

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 · 741 victims, 705 offenders
Victim sex
Male414 (56%)
Female322 (43%)
Unknown5 (1%)
Victim race
Black or African American385 (53%)
White345 (47%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons183 (29%)
Handgun115 (18%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument99 (16%)
Blunt Object76 (12%)
Other33 (5%)
Firearm33 (5%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home507 (68%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk114 (15%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage30 (4%)
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility15 (2%)
Bar/Nightclub11 (1%)
Commercial/Office Building10 (1%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown257 (29%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend177 (20%)
Acquaintance110 (13%)
Stranger61 (7%)
Otherwise Known46 (5%)
Spouse45 (5%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations50 (31%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property37 (23%)
Simple Assault19 (12%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering15 (9%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations10 (6%)
Kidnapping/Abduction9 (6%)

Top 6 of 16 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
266
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
95
Part-time civilian
51
Total FT employees
669
Population served
88,230
Operating budget
$77,762,241
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013255510
2007259477$22,439,374
2003245109$39,333,071
2000240375$33,958,578
1999236357
1997233333

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.

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