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Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office

County agencyTX1080000NIBRS since 2019LEMAS 2020Founded 1852

Hidalgo County, Texas

Serves ~256,933 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is a local law enforcement agency serving the nearly one million residents of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in Edinburg, Texas, the county seat of Hidalgo County.

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Crime & staffing trends

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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 · 1,695 victims, 1,806 offenders
Victim sex
Male930 (55%)
Female765 (45%)
Victim race
White1,691 (100%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Black or African American2 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,404 (82%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk94 (5%)
Commercial/Office Building50 (3%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage48 (3%)
Other/Unknown22 (1%)
Field/Woods21 (1%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Parent176 (20%)
Stranger117 (13%)
Acquaintance92 (11%)
Otherwise Known73 (8%)
Relationship Unknown68 (8%)
Friend63 (7%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property82 (31%)
All Other Larceny79 (30%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering51 (19%)
Simple Assault19 (7%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle18 (7%)
Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories6 (2%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
283
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
151
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
820
Population served
256,933
Operating budget
$68,340,302
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2007261437$6,998,023
2003225120$10,699,109
200019865$15,000,000
1999184184
1997128187
1993136187
1987113128

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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