Chatham County Sheriff's Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office is the county law-enforcement organization based in Pittsboro. It is separate from Pittsboro Police and Siler City Police, which are separately identified in the county’s emergency-related department directory.

How the agency is organized

The sheriff’s public resources include victim services, with information about crisis intervention, safety planning, court preparation, and assistance with navigating the justice system. Its official contact page identifies the administrative office on West Street. These services should be distinguished from a clerk’s court-filing functions or a municipal police-records office.

Official records and officer resources

The headquarters contact is 295 West Street, Pittsboro, and 919-542-2811. The sheriff’s current website and contact page are the primary resources for departmental service and administrative routing. A victim-service coordinator and an investigating officer may have different responsibilities, so identify the nature of the inquiry when selecting the appropriate resource.

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: Chatham. 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: Chatham. 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 Chatham 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: 565.

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.

• Chatham County Sheriff's Office — official information
• Chatham Sheriff — contact
• Chatham County — emergency-related departments