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Whatcom County Sheriff's Office

County agencyWA0370000NIBRS since 2014LEMAS 2013

Whatcom County, Washington

Serves ~205,262 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 WA0370000.

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 · 305 victims, 338 offenders
Victim sex
Male226 (74%)
Female79 (26%)
Victim race
White272 (95%)
Asian8 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native4 (1%)
Black or African American3 (1%)
Incident location
Residence/Home231 (67%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage34 (10%)
Commercial/Office Building12 (3%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk12 (3%)
Field/Woods10 (3%)
Rental Storage Facility8 (2%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown6 (25%)
Acquaintance5 (21%)
Stranger5 (21%)
Otherwise Known3 (13%)
Grandparent2 (8%)
Child1 (4%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Burglary/Breaking & Entering18 (33%)
All Other Larceny12 (22%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle11 (20%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property10 (18%)
Theft From Building3 (5%)
Theft of Motor Vehicle Parts or Accessories1 (2%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2013 survey
Full-time sworn
86
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
25
Part-time civilian
2
Population served
205,262
Operating budget
$26,700,000
Body-worn cameras: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2013 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
19935312

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.

Agencies like this one

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