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 2, 2026.
Cumberland County, North Carolina, has about 338,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Cumberland County depends on where the incident happened: the Cumberland 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: Cumberland County public records, Cumberland County arrest records, Cumberland County warrants, Cumberland County inmate search, Cumberland County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Cumberland 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 Cumberland County that is the Cumberland 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 FBI's list also carries Methodist University and Fayetteville State University (campus police) and the State Park Rangers at Carvers Creek (state agency), each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 762 violent and 1,764 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 565 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (910) 672-5630. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at cumberlandsheriffnc.gov/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Cumberland County Sheriff's Office), phone (910) 672-5630, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Cumberland County
The four cities the FBI lists in Cumberland County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Fayetteville: 1,284 violent and 5,914 property crimes reported for 2025; 4,091 arrests reported for 2025. The Fayetteville police records page is at fayettevillenc.gov/City-Departments/Police-Department/FPD-Media-Rel... (verified September 25, 2026).
- Hope Mills: 652 arrests reported for 2023.
- Spring Lake: 58 violent and 312 property crimes reported for 2025; 205 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stedman: 1,153 arrests reported for 2025.
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: Cumberland County in 2025
The three agencies in Cumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,104 violent and 7,990 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Cumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,014 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Cumberland County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (910) 672-5630. 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 Cumberland 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.