Surry County Sheriff’s Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Surry County Sheriff’s Office is based in Dobson and serves the county alongside the municipal departments in Dobson, Elkin, Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain. Surry Community College also operates a sworn campus police department with a distinct campus-centered responsibility.

How the agency is organized

The county’s official sheriff page publishes the administrative telephone and mailing address in Dobson. Its posted office hours distinguish ordinary administration from emergency law enforcement. The sheriff’s linked Citizen Connect portal identifies the physical office at 218 North Main Street in Dobson.

Official records and officer resources

Use the sheriff’s county website and official telephone for administration and current service routing. The association profile separately lists detention contact information. Before requesting records, identify whether the event was handled by a city department, the sheriff, college police or a state agency; the county seat alone does not determine the custodian.

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: Surry. 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: Surry. 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 Surry 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: 507.

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
• Official agency information
• Sheriff-operated Citizen Connect contact page