NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Caswell County law enforcement
A detailed guide to Caswell County law enforcement, agency jurisdictions, local history, courts, FBI and SBI office coverage, and published crime data.
- County seat
- Yanceyville
- Established
- 1777
- Region
- Piedmont
- County government
- Official county website
Caswell County at a glance
Caswell County’s verified local enforcement structure is centered on the county sheriff. Yanceyville, the county seat, expressly states on its municipal services page that police services are supplied by the Caswell County Sheriff’s Department. Therefore a historical SBI entry labeled Yanceyville Police is not presented as a separately staffed current town department.
Caswell lies in the northern Piedmont along the Virginia boundary. The Dan River and Hyco Lake are notable features, and the county’s watershed context includes the Roanoke and Cape Fear basins. Alamance, Orange, Person, and Rockingham are its North Carolina neighbors.
Law enforcement in Caswell County
The sheriff’s county page describes law enforcement, county-ordinance work, crime prevention, and secure confinement. Its published contact material separates ordinary office hours from continuous services and supplies detention-center information. Yanceyville lists the sheriff’s telephone as its police contact and separately identifies county emergency management. For an incident inside Yanceyville, this arrangement helps explain why the sheriff may be the relevant reporting and records agency. It also prevents a misleading comparison between a purported town department and the same sheriff personnel providing the service.
County history and community context
The county was created from Orange County in 1777 and named for Richard Caswell, North Carolina’s first governor under its independent state government. Yanceyville began in 1791 as Caswell Court House. The area’s history includes Occaneechi and other Siouan peoples and later German and English settlement. Present county and municipal service agreements should not be inferred from these historical origins.
Courts, public records and official resources
The Caswell County government website is the starting point for county department contacts, board materials, property information, and the Register of Deeds. The sheriff and any municipal or campus police department maintain their own operational records; identify the agency that created a report before directing an inquiry. For older county material, the State Archives County Records Guide separates court, land, estate, tax, and other record series. Its finding aids describe archival holdings rather than promising that a particular file is available online.
The North Carolina Judicial Branch maintains a dedicated Caswell County page with courthouse information, a contact directory, jury-service guidance, local rules and forms, and payment information. It also links the statewide eCourts services. Use the county contact directory to identify the Clerk of Superior Court or another court office; a police station is not the filing office for a court case. Court schedules and building instructions should be checked on the Judicial Branch site before a visit.
FBI and SBI regional offices
FBI office coverage
Greensboro covers Caswell County under the Charlotte Field Office. The FBI investigates federal matters; this assignment does not replace local emergency response.
Charlotte Field Office: 704-672-6100 · 7915 Microsoft Way, Charlotte, NC 28273. Official FBI coverage directory.
NC SBI district
Northern Piedmont District — Greensboro · 501 Industrial Ave., Greensboro, N.C. 27406 · (336) 303-4840. Official SBI district-office directory.
For an emergency call 911. The federal and state office contacts are provided for jurisdictional research and administrative inquiries.
Published crime and personnel data
The NC SBI’s county table reports selected Index offenses from contributing agencies in 2024. It is separate from the FBI’s 2025 reporting year and is not a count of all possible offenses.
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1 |
| Rape | 6 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Aggravated assault | 12 |
| Burglary | 12 |
| Larceny-theft | 32 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 7 |
Published county-table Index total: 71. SBI Index offenses by agency in county.
| Published agency label | Index total | Murder | Rape | Robbery | Aggravated assault | Burglary | Larceny | Vehicle theft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caswell Co. Sheriff | 71 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 7 |
A county total depends on the reporting agencies and source-table coverage. Missing agencies or blank values must not be treated as zero. Published totals are not a safety ranking and do not establish an agency’s performance.
| Agency | Reported violent crime | Reported property crime | Full-time sworn · Oct. 31 | Full-time civilian · Oct. 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caswell County Sheriff's Office | 22 | 174 | 41 | 19 |
These are individual agency rows, not whole-county totals. Cross-county departments may serve territory beyond Caswell County. Each linked profile identifies its FBI source table and reporting label. Do not sum these rows to compare with the SBI’s different year and coverage.
Explore statewide FBI figures, reporting definitions and methodology →
Service arrangements and roster notes
Historical reporting lists can include former departments, contract arrangements, facilities and subordinate units. The notes below distinguish those entries from the agency profiles above.
- Yanceyville Police Department: The town explicitly identifies Caswell County Sheriff as its police provider. Historical SBI roster — published December 1, 2025 · Reconciliation evidence
- Yanceyville Police Department: The town explicitly identifies Caswell County Sheriff as its police provider. Historical SBI roster — published December 1, 2025 · Reconciliation evidence
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.