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 on September 23, 2026.
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, has about 245,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Cabarrus County depends on where the incident happened: the Cabarrus 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.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Cabarrus County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Cabarrus County that is the Cabarrus 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.
The Locust Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cabarrus County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cabarrus County here.
Reports from the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office
The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 57 violent and 465 property crimes reported for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at cabarruscounty.us/Government/Departments/Sheriffs-Office-Old/Detent... (page title: Find an Inmate Cabarrus County), 65 Church St S Concord, NC 28025, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Cabarrus County
The two cities the FBI lists in Cabarrus County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Concord: 134 violent and 1,063 property crimes reported for 2025; 3,532 arrests reported for 2025. The Concord police department's page is at concordnc.gov/Departments/Police/Contact-Us, phone (704) 920-5007 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Kannapolis: 105 violent and 936 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,188 arrests reported for 2025. The Kannapolis police records page is at kannapolisnc.gov/Portals/0/Kannapolis/Departments/Police/Documents/... (verified September 25, 2026).
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: Cabarrus County in 2025
The three agencies in Cabarrus County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 296 violent and 2,464 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the two agencies in Cabarrus County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,720 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.
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (704) 262-5500, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Cabarrus County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Cabarrus 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.