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Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

County agencyTX1700000NIBRS since 2020LEMAS 2020

Montgomery County, Texas

Serves ~494,434 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency serving the citizens of Montgomery County, Texas. The 2010 census put Montgomery County's population at 455,746. A new estimate from 2019 places the population at 607,391. There are over 500 sworn deputies, with an additional 350 civilian support employees.

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NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021 – Dec 2024

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

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 9,665 victims, 16,099 offenders

Victim sex

Male5,831 (60%)

Female3,834 (40%)

Victim race

White8,574 (89%)

Black or African American791 (8%)

Asian274 (3%)

American Indian or Alaska Native20 (0%)

Incident location

Residence/Home5,607 (35%)

Department/Discount Store2,200 (14%)

Construction Site1,622 (10%)

Parking/Drop Lot/Garage1,314 (8%)

Specialty Store736 (5%)

Grocery/Supermarket592 (4%)

Top 6 of 39 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship

Stranger1,247 (51%)

Acquaintance330 (14%)

Relationship Unknown179 (7%)

Otherwise Known126 (5%)

Friend103 (4%)

Neighbor84 (3%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,776 (60%)

Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud294 (10%)

Motor Vehicle Theft188 (6%)

Burglary/Breaking & Entering146 (5%)

False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game140 (5%)

Drug/Narcotic Violations112 (4%)

Top 6 of 27 categories shown.

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey

Full-time sworn: 505
Population served: 494,434

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys

Wave	FT sworn	FT civilian	Budget
2007	355	277	$34,866,119
2003	281	167	$23,000,000
2000	291	159	$18,000,000
1999	270	160	—
1993	233	104	—

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

FBI police employment

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