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Dorchester County Sheriff's Office

County agencySC0180000NIBRS since 1991LEMAS 2020

Dorchester County, South Carolina

Serves ~89,327 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 SC0180000.

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 · 643 victims, 839 offenders
Victim sex
Male318 (49%)
Female318 (49%)
Unknown7 (1%)
Victim race
White403 (65%)
Black or African American203 (33%)
Asian8 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native6 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home634 (75%)
Commercial/Office Building45 (5%)
Rental Storage Facility32 (4%)
Construction Site28 (3%)
Convenience Store19 (2%)
Other/Unknown16 (2%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance12 (24%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend8 (16%)
Otherwise Known6 (12%)
Stranger5 (10%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)4 (8%)
Neighbor2 (4%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property44 (33%)
Aggravated Assault21 (16%)
Simple Assault19 (14%)
Motor Vehicle Theft12 (9%)
All Other Larceny9 (7%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations5 (4%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
146
Population served
89,327

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201319940$16,853,315

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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