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Richland County Sheriff's Office

County agencySC0400000NIBRS since 1990LEMAS 2020

Richland County, South Carolina

Serves ~268,579 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 SC0400000.

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 · 15,695 victims, 20,397 offenders
Victim sex
Male8,042 (51%)
Female7,554 (48%)
Unknown99 (1%)
Victim race
Black or African American9,763 (65%)
White4,980 (33%)
Asian128 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander42 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native25 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home9,859 (47%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2,027 (10%)
Department/Discount Store1,633 (8%)
Commercial/Office Building884 (4%)
Convenience Store751 (4%)
Service/Gas Station591 (3%)

Top 6 of 41 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Boyfriend/Girlfriend102 (41%)
Acquaintance44 (18%)
Relationship Unknown31 (13%)
Otherwise Known16 (6%)
Parent10 (4%)
Stranger8 (3%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property437 (32%)
Simple Assault186 (14%)
Motor Vehicle Theft163 (12%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud158 (12%)
Aggravated Assault82 (6%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering80 (6%)

Top 6 of 23 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
534
Part-time sworn
45
Full-time civilian
42
Part-time civilian
103
Total FT employees
642
Population served
268,579
Operating budget
$39,664,060
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201352943$39,000,000
2007473153$5,226,031
200337135$19,000,000
200034493$16,848,980
199939034
199732350
199327775
199026145

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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