FBI agency record
West Columbia Police Department
Lexington County, South Carolina
Serves ~18,652 residents · UCR reported
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 40
- Part-time sworn
- 2
- Full-time civilian
- 9
- Part-time civilian
- 0
- Population served
- 13,064
- Operating budget
- $2,281,090
Source: BJS LEMAS 2000 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 45
- Civilians (2025)
- 11
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
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