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Kanawha County Sheriff's Office

County agencyWV0200000NIBRS since 1998LEMAS 2020

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Serves ~87,472 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 WV0200000.

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 · 1,204 victims, 1,175 offenders
Victim sex
Female630 (52%)
Male560 (47%)
Unknown14 (1%)
Victim race
White967 (91%)
Black or African American88 (8%)
Asian3 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons208 (20%)
None169 (16%)
Blunt Object132 (13%)
Handgun131 (13%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument129 (12%)
Firearm90 (9%)

Top 6 of 16 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home892 (74%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk176 (15%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage28 (2%)
Other/Unknown17 (1%)
Convenience Store13 (1%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.10 (1%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance227 (15%)
Child223 (15%)
Relationship Unknown214 (14%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend208 (14%)
Stranger92 (6%)
Otherwise Known91 (6%)

Top 6 of 23 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations59 (35%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property51 (30%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations17 (10%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering10 (6%)
Stolen Property Offenses6 (4%)
Kidnapping/Abduction6 (4%)

Top 6 of 15 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 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
104
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
73
Part-time civilian
3
Total FT employees
177
Population served
87,472
Operating budget
$15,308,717
Body-worn cameras: noCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20139725
200710050$6,832,471
198710115

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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