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Nearly 16,000 people were booked into Hamilton County’s jail last year, and other statistics from the Sheriff’s Office

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett speaks in 2023 during the DARE graduation ceremony at East Hamilton Middle School.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett speaks in 2023 during the DARE graduation ceremony at East Hamilton Middle School. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett speaks in 2023 during the DARE graduation ceremony at East Hamilton Middle School.


The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has been crunching the numbers.

The office Thursday released its official statistical review for 2023, which gives residents a look inside the work done by deputies on the streets and in the county-run jail.

In the report, Sheriff Austin Garrett said the office has hired more people for its crime intelligence and analyst unit and added software that lets officials track and analyze crime in the county more efficiently.

(READ MORE: Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office announces resource deputies are now fully staffed, expands program to charter schools)