Chowan County Sheriff's Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The sheriff provides county law-enforcement services in Chowan County and coordinates with Edenton Police and state agencies. Edenton maintains its own municipal department, so the county office and town department should be treated as separate organizations and records custodians.

How the agency is organized

The agency describes uniformed patrol as the central component of its law-enforcement work. Its public website also presents investigations, a K-9 function, and community information. The contact page distinguishes the public office at West Freemason Street from its post-office-box mailing address.

Agency history and local context

Chowan's law-enforcement setting developed around one of North Carolina's oldest counties and the Edenton county seat. The contemporary website documents the agency's services; it does not establish a department founding date used here.

Official records and officer resources

The sheriff's website provides direct office contacts, investigative tip information, and an agency mobile-app link. For an employment or administrative matter, identify the county office and the relevant division in the records requested.

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: Chowan. 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: Chowan. 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 Chowan 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: 84.

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.

• Official agency information
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• SBI published 2026 agency roster; historical inventory, not current reporting obligation