Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Brunswick County, North Carolina, has about 167,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Brunswick County depends on where the incident happened: the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Brunswick County public records, Brunswick County arrest records, Brunswick County warrants, Brunswick County inmate search, Brunswick County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Brunswick County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Brunswick County that is the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office
The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 219 violent and 947 property crimes reported for 2024 and reported 870 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 910-253-2777. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at brunswicksheriff.com/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Brunswick County Sheriff's Office), phone 910-253-2777, 70 Stamp Act Drive, Bolivia, NC 28422, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Brunswick County
The 12 cities the FBI lists in Brunswick County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Leland: 32 violent and 326 property crimes reported for 2024; 281 arrests reported for 2025.
- Oak Island: 9 violent and 107 property crimes reported for 2024; 117 arrests reported for 2024. The Oak Island police department's page is at oakislandnc.gov/Government/Public-Safety/Police-Department, phone 910-278-5595 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Boiling Spring Lakes: 20 violent and 101 property crimes reported for 2024; 81 arrests reported for 2025.
- Shallotte: 18 violent and 234 property crimes reported for 2024; 88 arrests reported for 2025. The Shallotte police department's page is at townofshallotte.org/police (verified September 26, 2026).
- Sunset Beach: 5 violent and 45 property crimes reported for 2024; 49 arrests reported for 2025.
- Southport: 4 violent and 48 property crimes reported for 2024; 74 arrests reported for 2024.
- Navassa: 53 arrests reported for 2023.
- Northwest: 10 arrests reported for 2023.
- Ocean Isle Beach: 1 violent and 31 property crimes reported for 2024; 10 arrests reported for 2024.
- Holden Beach: 1 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2024; 8 arrests reported for 2024.
- Caswell Beach: 0 violent and 0 property crimes reported for 2024; 1 arrests reported for 2024.
- Bald Head Island: 8 arrests reported for 2022.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Brunswick County in 2024
The ten agencies in Brunswick County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 309 violent and 1,854 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the ten agencies in Brunswick County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,357 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the North Carolina Public Records Act Requires
The North Carolina Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at brunswickcountync.gov/179/Public-Record-Requests (page title: Public Record Requests | Brunswick County, NC).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 910-253-3910, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Brunswick County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the answer is due as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days.
How long does an agency in Brunswick County have to answer?
Under the North Carolina Public Records Act, as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 910-253-2777. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the answer is due as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Brunswick County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.