Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Oxford, North Carolina, in Granville County, has about 9,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Oxford is held at the county jail, run by the Granville County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Oxford
The county jail, run by the Granville County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Oxford, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Granville County Sheriff's Office at granvillecounty.org/520/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Granville County, NC), 104 Belle Street, Oxford, NC 27565, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Granville County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 270 people, up from about 81 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 87 beds, and it ran at 93 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Granville County has about 62,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 43 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Granville County Jail
The Granville County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Oxford (filed by the FBI as Oxford Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Oxford.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Granville County Sheriff's Office's 506 for 2025, Oxford's 416 for 2025 and Butner's 219 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Granville County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,242 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Oxford arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Granville County serves the sentence in a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, whose inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Oxford?
Ask the Granville County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at granvillecounty.org/520/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the Granville County jail?
About 270 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 87 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Granville County go?
To a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction; its inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov.
Is this the official Oxford website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.