Anson County Sheriff's Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Anson County Sheriff’s Office is the county agency based in Wadesboro. Its administrative office is distinct from both the municipal police department and the county courthouse. The official county website maintains separate information about the office and its career opportunities.

How the agency is organized

The county’s published sheriff resources should be used to identify current office functions, contacts, and available services. Municipal departments in Wadesboro, Polkton, and Lilesville have their own government contacts; their presence in the county does not make them divisions of the sheriff.

Official records and officer resources

The county careers page is the primary source for applications and current requirements for sheriff employment. The administrative location is 119 North Washington Street and the published telephone is 704-694-4188. Court filings and courthouse inquiries should instead begin with the Anson County Judicial Branch contact directory. No unverified staffing figure or institutional founding date is assigned in this profile.

FBI data · 2025

The following figures are from the FBI’s 2025 published agency tables. They describe a reporting period, not current staffing or an assessment of agency performance.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 10; published agency label: Anson. CIUS_Table_10_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_Metropolitan_and_Nonmetropolitan_Counties_2025.xlsx

This is a county-level agency row, not the total for every police department or every offense in the county.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Anson. Table_80_Full_time_Law_Enforcement_Employees_by_State_by_Metropolitan_and_Nonmetropolitan_Counties_2025.xlsx

Blank or unavailable values remain “Not published.” Participating agencies and reporting scope vary. Campus figures concern the reporting institution; a city name does not expand them to all local residents. Read the data definitions and limitations.

NC SBI data · 2024

The NC SBI record is published under Anson Co. Sheriff. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

Published Index-crime total: 163.

Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel · SBI Index offenses by agency in county.

Personnel are a dated full-time payroll snapshot. Civilian classifications can include jail employees without outside police powers. These are not authorized-position or vacancy counts. Index-crime totals cover selected categories and are not totals of all crime.

Sources and review date

Official agency, government and institutional sources are linked below. Contact details and organizational information were reviewed September 24, 2026. Published statistical years are identified separately.

• Anson County Sheriff's Office — official information
• Anson Sheriff — about the office
• Anson Sheriff — careers