NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Durham County Sheriff's Office
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Durham County Sheriff's Office.
- Agency or unit type
- County sheriff
- County guides
- Durham County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published office location
- Sheriff's Office Records Division, First floor, 510 South Dillard Street, Durham, NC 27701
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
The sheriff identifies itself as the primary law-enforcement agency for Durham County's unincorporated area. It remains separate from Durham Police and the police organizations at Duke and North Carolina Central University.
How the agency is organized
The office describes detention operations, courthouse security, sex-offender monitoring, search and recovery and county law enforcement. Its public contact directory separates functional contacts and specifically identifies the Public Information Office for public-records requests.
Official records and officer resources
Public-records requests are directed by the agency to PIO@DurhamSheriff.org. The official about page also supplies an employee complaint or compliment form. Applicants can consult the deputy-sheriff information page for the agency's published certification and selection requirements.
Explore local history, other agencies, court resources and regional FBI/SBI contacts in Durham 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.
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 67 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 7 |
| Rape | 5 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Aggravated assault | 48 |
| Property crime | 490 |
| Burglary | 150 |
| Larceny-theft | 276 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 64 |
| Arson | 6 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 10; published agency label: Durham. 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.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 169 |
| Civilian employees | 72 |
| Total full-time employees | 241 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Durham. 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 Durham Co. Sheriff. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 170 |
| Civilian employees | 74 |
| Total full-time employees | 244 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 3 |
| Rape | 2 |
| Robbery | 14 |
| Aggravated assault | 74 |
| Burglary | 155 |
| Larceny-theft | 276 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 63 |
Published Index-crime total: 587.
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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