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 on September 23, 2026.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Edgecombe County is held at the county jail, run by the Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County
The county jail, run by the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Edgecombe County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office at edgecombecountync.gov/departments/sheriff/index.php (page title: Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office), phone 252-641-7911, 219 Physical Address 3005 Anaconda Rd Tarboro, NC 27886, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 252-641-7911.
The Edgecombe County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 203 beds, and it ran at 104 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Edgecombe County has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Edgecombe County Jail
The Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Tarboro and Pinetops make the arrests that end in a booking in Edgecombe County.
The Whitakers Police Department, the Rocky Mount Police Department and the Sharpsburg Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Edgecombe County, so their arrests are not broken out for Edgecombe County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Pinetops's 1,153 for 2025, the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office's 852 for 2025 and Tarboro's 329 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Edgecombe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,334 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 Edgecombe County 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 Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County?
Ask the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office at 252-641-7911; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at edgecombecountync.gov.
How many people are in the Edgecombe County jail?
About 140 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 203 beds.
What is the phone number for the Edgecombe County jail?
252-641-7911, the number on the page of the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe 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.