Tyrrell County Sheriff’s Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Tyrrell County Sheriff’s Office is the verified local law-enforcement agency serving the county, with its public contact based in Columbia. No separate active municipal police department was verified in this research. State and federal conservation responsibilities in the county’s refuge and reserve landscape remain distinct.

How the agency is organized

The county’s Sheriff’s Department page publishes the office telephone and mailing contact. The Town of Columbia’s law-enforcement page identifies the sheriff’s office location at 405 Main Street, separately from the mailing address. The state agency roster independently identifies the sheriff’s office.

Official records and officer resources

For ordinary sheriff business, use 252-796-2251 and the official county page. County government also links its permit portal, public-safety information, GIS and Register of Deeds. A property record, sheriff incident report and court filing are maintained through different offices; the directory should route readers accordingly.

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: Tyrrell. 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: Tyrrell. 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 Tyrrell 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: 39.

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
• Town official sheriff office location