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Snohomish County Sheriff's Office

County agencyWA0310000NIBRS since 2015LEMAS 2020

Snohomish County, Washington

Serves ~390,303 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is the principal law enforcement agency of Snohomish County, Washington, in the United States. Headquartered in Everett, it provides police patrol, corrections, court security, and civil-process services to the county's unincorporated areas and to seven incorporated municipalities that contract with the agency for police protection. Tracing its origin to the creation of Snohomish County in 1861, it is the county's largest law enforcement agency, reporting more than 800 employees as of 2024.

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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 WA0310000.

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 · 1,462 victims, 1,360 offenders
Victim sex
Male803 (55%)
Female625 (43%)
Unknown34 (2%)
Victim race
White1,037 (87%)
Black or African American116 (10%)
Asian37 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander4 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native3 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons518 (39%)
Handgun179 (14%)
Other154 (12%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument141 (11%)
Blunt Object97 (7%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel70 (5%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home809 (55%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk250 (17%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage151 (10%)
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary/Corrections Facility49 (3%)
Air/Bus/Train Terminal36 (2%)
Other/Unknown34 (2%)

Top 6 of 30 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger413 (28%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend186 (13%)
Otherwise Known166 (11%)
Relationship Unknown149 (10%)
Spouse104 (7%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)96 (7%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property128 (36%)
Simple Assault53 (15%)
Weapon Law Violations40 (11%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering26 (7%)
Kidnapping/Abduction19 (5%)
Robbery14 (4%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
309
Population served
390,303

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201327469$48,700,000
200728469$49,355,132
200325280$36,000,000
200022065$27,000,000
199921472
199717670
199316468
198713051

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

Sheriff FTA Webmap

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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