Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Oxford is a city in Granville County, North Carolina, with about 9,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Oxford offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for Oxford, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Oxford records are kept
- Kept by the City of Oxford: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Granville County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Granville County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Oxford police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Oxford police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Oxford police records.
- Website: oxfordnc.org/departments/police/index.php (page title: City of Oxford)
- Phone: 919-693-3161
- Address: 204 E. McClanahan Street PO Box 1186 Oxford, NC 27565
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Granville County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Oxford City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: oxfordnc.org/how_do_i/contact/index.php (page title: City of Oxford)
- Phone: 919-603-1100
- Address: 300 Williamsboro Street Oxford, NC 27565
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Oxford
North Carolina public records law applies to the city government of Oxford. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in Granville County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Granville County. The Granville County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Oxford Arrest Records
The Oxford arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Oxford's arrests to the FBI and the 416 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Oxford is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Oxford Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Oxford, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Oxford warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Oxford inmate search (the jail page of the Granville County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Oxford criminal records (the court file, the North Carolina criminal history and the local arrest records), Oxford court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Oxford police reports (which agency holds a report and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires), Oxford DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Oxford divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Oxford property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Oxford website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Oxford offices listed above, and the city's own website is oxfordnc.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Oxford?
Request it from the Oxford police records unit at oxfordnc.org/departments/police/index.php, phone 919-693-3161. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Oxford?
Oxford cases are heard by the courts that serve Granville County, and people arrested in Oxford are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Granville County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Oxford?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. North Carolina public records law applies to city governments.