Vance County Sheriff’s Office

Jurisdiction and responsibilities

The Vance County Sheriff’s Office serves the county from Henderson, where Henderson Police is a separate city agency. Vance-Granville Community College maintains its own campus police and public-safety operation, which also serves campuses in neighboring counties.

How the agency is organized

The sheriff’s published functions include administration, investigations, court services, evidence and civil process. The official office is at 156 Church Street; the detention facility is separately listed at 516 Breckenridge Street. Visitors should identify the intended service before choosing a location.

Official records and officer resources

The official website provides services, employment and detention information. Use the administration contact for office business and the detention page for jail questions. Police records and court files are separate collections even where sheriff administration is located in the courthouse building.

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: Vance. 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: Vance. 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 Vance 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: 579.

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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