NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Hyde County Sheriff’s Office
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Hyde County Sheriff’s Office.
- Agency or unit type
- County sheriff’s office
- County guides
- Hyde County
- Official website
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- Published contact
- 252-926-3171
- Published office location
- 1223 Main Street, Swan Quarter, NC 27885
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
The Hyde County Sheriff’s Office is based in Swan Quarter and serves the county’s mainland and island communities. Hyde has no incorporated municipalities, which makes the sheriff central to the local-agency directory rather than one of several town-police employers.
How the agency is organized
The county’s official department page provides the sheriff’s location and public contact. Geography is especially important for an inquiry involving a distant community or Ocracoke: the county name alone does not identify the most convenient service location.
Official records and officer resources
Use the county sheriff page to confirm the current route for an administrative or incident-record request. Regional emergency-planning material supplies context for the county’s geography and local-government structure. Older handgun purchase-permit instructions found on government pages are not adopted as current guidance in this profile.
Explore local history, other agencies, court resources and regional FBI/SBI contacts in Hyde 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.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 16 |
| Civilian employees | 1 |
| Total full-time employees | 17 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Hyde. 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 Hyde 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 | 17 |
| Civilian employees | 1 |
| Total full-time employees | 18 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Aggravated assault | 0 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Larceny-theft | 5 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0 |
Published Index-crime total: 8.
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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