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Mercer County Sheriff's Office

County agencyWV0280000NIBRS since 1998

Mercer County, West Virginia

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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 WV0280000.

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 · 214 victims, 212 offenders
Victim sex
Male111 (52%)
Female103 (48%)
Victim race
White192 (90%)
Black or African American20 (9%)
Asian1 (0%)
Weapons involved
Knife/Cutting Instrument67 (36%)
Handgun52 (28%)
Personal Weapons31 (17%)
Firearm9 (5%)
Other7 (4%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel5 (3%)

Top 6 of 15 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home140 (65%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk39 (18%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage15 (7%)
Restaurant4 (2%)
Rental Storage Facility2 (1%)
Service/Gas Station2 (1%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance43 (18%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend36 (15%)
Stranger34 (14%)
Child18 (7%)
Relationship Unknown17 (7%)
Parent16 (7%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Weapon Law Violations19 (28%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property16 (23%)
Simple Assault9 (13%)
Kidnapping/Abduction8 (12%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering6 (9%)
All Other Larceny4 (6%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS survey

This agency was not matched in any local LEMAS extract (each survey wave samples ~3,000–3,500 of the ~19,000 US agencies). See the BJS LEMAS collection for methodology, or browse every LEMAS wave (1987–2020) at NACJD.

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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