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West Columbia Police Department

City agencySC0320500NIBRS since 1991LEMAS 2000

Lexington County, South Carolina

Serves ~18,652 residents · UCR reported

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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.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 1,495 victims, 3,090 offenders
Victim sex
Male802 (54%)
Female693 (46%)
Victim race
White1,049 (71%)
Black or African American412 (28%)
Asian18 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Incident location
Department/Discount Store945 (31%)
Residence/Home863 (29%)
Commercial/Office Building281 (9%)
Service/Gas Station158 (5%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.117 (4%)
Grocery/Supermarket103 (3%)

Top 6 of 34 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Sibling1 (17%)
Otherwise Known1 (17%)
Relationship Unknown1 (17%)
Acquaintance1 (17%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1 (17%)
Other Family Member1 (17%)
Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property37 (29%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations29 (22%)
Drug Equipment Violations18 (14%)
Simple Assault14 (11%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud11 (9%)
Weapon Law Violations7 (5%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Open data

Possible sources (15) — portal matches not yet confirmed

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Staffing

LEMAS 2000 survey
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
Community policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2000 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
19993811
1997355

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
45
Civilians (2025)
11

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

Open data

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