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Bedford County Sheriff's Office

County agencyVA0100000NIBRS since 1997LEMAS 2003

Bedford County, Virginia

Serves ~62,661 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 VA0100000.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 254 victims, 249 offenders
Victim sex
Male136 (54%)
Female118 (46%)
Victim race
White222 (87%)
Black or African American30 (12%)
Asian2 (1%)
Weapons involved
Handgun66 (29%)
Personal Weapons37 (16%)
Asphyxiation26 (11%)
Firearm23 (10%)
Other21 (9%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument20 (9%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home164 (65%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk52 (20%)
School-Elementary/Secondary8 (3%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage5 (2%)
Field/Woods4 (2%)
Convenience Store4 (2%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger62 (21%)
Acquaintance45 (15%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend32 (11%)
Spouse27 (9%)
Otherwise Known24 (8%)
Offender23 (8%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault12 (43%)
Weapon Law Violations4 (14%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property3 (11%)
Kidnapping/Abduction3 (11%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering2 (7%)
All Other Larceny2 (7%)

Top 6 of 8 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 2003 survey
Full-time sworn
72
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
0
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
74
Population served
62,661
Operating budget
$2,303,173
Community policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2003 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
1993830

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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