NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Perquimans County law enforcement
A detailed guide to Perquimans County law enforcement, agency jurisdictions, local history, courts, FBI and SBI office coverage, and published crime data.
- County seat
- Hertford
- Established
- 1668
- Region
- Northeastern Coastal Plain
- County government
- Official county website
Perquimans County at a glance
Perquimans County’s county seat is Hertford, on the Perquimans River. The shared name causes a frequent directory problem: the Town of Hertford belongs to Perquimans County, while Hertford County is a separate county with its own sheriff and courts. This profile follows the Perquimans County government and sheriff. It also separates historical town-police entries from verified present agencies rather than treating every legacy directory row as an operating department.
The Town of Hertford describes its setting along the Perquimans River, which feeds the Albemarle Sound, south of the Great Dismal Swamp. Hertford and Winfall are the county’s incorporated town settings. Rivers, farmland, and regional connections are central to the area’s history and contemporary services. An agency’s post-office address is not necessarily its physical station: the sheriff identifies its office on North Church Street and publishes a separate mailing box.
Law enforcement in Perquimans County
The sheriff is the verified county law-enforcement agency in this profile. County minutes from 2021 document an agreement transferring Hertford municipal policing into a sheriff-provided arrangement. SBI’s 2024 status table labels Hertford as having no police department and Winfall as covered by another jurisdiction. Current town websites do not independently establish active municipal police departments. Those sources support excluding unverified standalone town-police profiles; they do not justify inventing the details of a later contract or assigning present staff numbers from old tables.
County history and community context
The state county directory gives 1668 as Perquimans’ formation year, reflecting its early colonial origins. Hertford’s official town website dates incorporation to 1758. The region has a substantial Quaker history. State Archives holdings for merchant and planter Thomas Newby include eighteenth-century account books from Newby’s Bridge on the Perquimans River, preserving evidence of purchases, payments, occupations, and local relationships. The Newbold-White House near Hertford is another surviving link to the county’s colonial Quaker community. Such history provides local context without implying that a modern police organization dates to the same period.
Courts, public records and official resources
The sheriff publishes an anonymous-tip route, permitting information, community video participation, and fees. County government publishes commissioners’ meeting materials, department contacts, and a Register of Deeds office. Historical board minutes can explain a service transition, while current operational records should be requested from the office that now holds them. The State Archives finding aid is an archival guide, not a modern police-record database. For detention, distinguish the regionally managed Albemarle District Jail from the sheriff’s administrative headquarters.
The Judicial Branch’s Perquimans County page links courthouse information, the Clerk of Superior Court contact directory, jury instructions, local rules and forms, payment information, and court calendars. It also provides access to statewide court-record and filing tools. The county’s own Clerk of Court page is a further navigation aid. Consult the actual court file and current calendar for a proceeding; a police-report entry does not by itself describe a court outcome.
FBI and SBI regional offices
FBI office coverage
Manteo covers Perquimans County under the Charlotte Field Office. The FBI investigates federal matters; this assignment does not replace local emergency response.
Charlotte Field Office: 704-672-6100 · 7915 Microsoft Way, Charlotte, NC 28273. Official FBI coverage directory.
NC SBI district
Northeastern District — Greenville · 1013 W. H. Smith Boulevard, Greenville, N.C. 27834 · (252) 347-0572. Official SBI district-office directory.
For an emergency call 911. The federal and state office contacts are provided for jurisdictional research and administrative inquiries.
Published crime and personnel data
The NC SBI’s county table reports selected Index offenses from contributing agencies in 2024. It is separate from the FBI’s 2025 reporting year and is not a count of all possible offenses.
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 0 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Aggravated assault | 22 |
| Burglary | 44 |
| Larceny-theft | 54 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 12 |
Published county-table Index total: 137. SBI Index offenses by agency in county.
| Published agency label | Index total | Murder | Rape | Robbery | Aggravated assault | Burglary | Larceny | Vehicle theft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perquimans Co. Sheriff | 137 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 54 | 12 |
A county total depends on the reporting agencies and source-table coverage. Missing agencies or blank values must not be treated as zero. Published totals are not a safety ranking and do not establish an agency’s performance.
| Agency | Reported violent crime | Reported property crime | Full-time sworn · Oct. 31 | Full-time civilian · Oct. 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perquimans County Sheriff's Office | 41 | 123 | 25 | 4 |
These are individual agency rows, not whole-county totals. Cross-county departments may serve territory beyond Perquimans County. Each linked profile identifies its FBI source table and reporting label. Do not sum these rows to compare with the SBI’s different year and coverage.
Explore statewide FBI figures, reporting definitions and methodology →
Service arrangements and roster notes
Historical reporting lists can include former departments, contract arrangements, facilities and subordinate units. The notes below distinguish those entries from the agency profiles above.
- Hertford Police Department: County 2021 minutes document the sheriff-service agreement. SBI2024 status is No Police Department. Current town website does not verify an independent department. County agreement minutes · SBI2024 reporting status · Current town website
- Winfall Police Department: SBI2024 marks Winfall Covered by Another Jurisdiction. Current town department list does not identify a police department. SBI2024 reporting status · Winfall town departments
- Albemarle District Jail: Regional detention serving participating counties is distinct from the sheriff’s administrative office. The recovery Pasquotank profile documents the separate jail commission and facility. Albemarle District Jail — official institution
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.
- North Carolina government — county directory
- North Carolina Judicial Branch — county court services
- Perquimans County — government
- Town of Hertford — geography and town history
- Perquimans Sheriff
- Perquimans County — 2021 sheriff-service agreement
- SBI — 2024 agency reporting status
- Winfall — current municipal departments
- NC State Archives — Thomas Newby papers
- NC DNCR — Newbold-White House and coastal history
- Perquimans County — Clerk of Court