Caldwell County Sheriff's Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is based on Morganton Boulevard Southwest in Lenoir. Its county duties and communications relationships are separate from the municipal police departments in Lenoir, Hudson, Granite Falls, and Rhodhiss.

How the agency is organized

The official county site separates administration, detention, investigations, patrol, support services, school-resource work, reserves, K-9, and specialized response resources. Its contact information distinguishes the main office from dispatch and deputies, investigations, civil process, warrants, and detention. This functional separation is useful when identifying the correct records or service contact.

Official records and officer resources

The published headquarters is 2351 Morganton Boulevard Southwest and the main number is 828-758-2324. The site provides a personal-history statement, employment information, victim-service materials, trespass forms, and public-service pamphlets. Some legacy FAQ text refers to older permit procedures, so those passages are not repeated here as current legal guidance. Use the office’s current forms and instructions for the specific transaction.

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: Caldwell. 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: Caldwell. 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 Caldwell 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: 704.

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.

• Caldwell County Sheriff's Office — official information
• Caldwell Sheriff — staff directory
• Caldwell — emergency communications