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Craven County Sheriff's Office

Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Craven County Sheriff's Office.

Reviewed September 24, 2026 · Independent public-source research

Agency or unit type
County sheriff
County guides
Craven County
Published contact
252-636-6620
Published office location
1100 Clarks Road, New Bern, NC 28562
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The sheriff is the county law-enforcement organization for Craven County. New Bern, Havelock and smaller municipalities maintain separate departments; the county E-911 center provides shared dispatch services without combining their agencies.

How the agency is organized

Craven County identifies jail administration, courthouse security and service of legal papers among the sheriff's responsibilities. The agency publishes bureau, patrol, administration and command-staff pages. These are separate organizational functions within one sheriff's office, not additional departments to inflate the county count.

Official records and officer resources

The county agency pages provide bureau and staff contacts. For a detention matter, use jail-specific information; for a patrol or employment issue, identify the appropriate operational or administrative contact.

Explore local history, other agencies, court resources and regional FBI/SBI contacts in Craven County.

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.

FBI · 2025 reported offenses — agency scope
Offense categoryPublished count
Violent crime111
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter1
Rape5
Robbery1
Aggravated assault104
Property crime433
Burglary109
Larceny-theft268
Motor vehicle theft56
Arson1

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 10; published agency label: Craven. 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.

FBI · full-time personnel on October 31, 2025
Personnel categoryPublished count
Sworn officers104
Civilian employees46
Total full-time employees150

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Craven. 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 Craven Co. Sheriff. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.

NC SBI · full-time personnel on October 31, 2024
Personnel categoryPublished count
Sworn officers110
Civilian employees43
Total full-time employees153
NC SBI · 2024 Index offenses · Craven Co. Sheriff · Craven County (agency row)
Offense categoryPublished count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter1
Rape5
Robbery4
Aggravated assault80
Burglary112
Larceny-theft228
Motor vehicle theft43

Published Index-crime total: 473.

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.

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