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Dallas County Sheriff's Office

County agencyTX0570000NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2020

Dallas County, Texas

Serves ~14,264 residents · LEMAS survey

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Dallas County Sheriff's Office is the main law enforcement agency of Dallas County, Texas. It is headed by the Dallas County sheriff. The department was established on March 30, 1846, the same day that the county itself was established. The first sheriff was elected on the very same day. The department has countywide jurisdiction.

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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 TX0570000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 201 victims, 233 offenders
Victim sex
Male144 (72%)
Female42 (21%)
Unknown15 (7%)
Victim race
White138 (75%)
Black or African American43 (23%)
Asian2 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home77 (33%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage46 (20%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk44 (19%)
Other/Unknown13 (6%)
Commercial/Office Building10 (4%)
Field/Woods7 (3%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown126 (78%)
Stranger29 (18%)
Acquaintance3 (2%)
Parent1 (1%)
Friend1 (1%)
Neighbor1 (1%)
Co-occurring offenses
Theft From Motor Vehicle4 (44%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering3 (33%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property2 (22%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
397
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
1,987
Part-time civilian
79
Total FT employees
2,384
Population served
14,264
Operating budget
$178,966,667
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20134251,822$142,000,000
20074451,643$112,986,510
2003391400$89,000,000
2000630309$90,000,000
19993491,179
19973331,224
19934341,193
1987430779

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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