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.
Gates County, North Carolina, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Gates County depends on where the incident happened: the Gates 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, cities, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Gates County public records, Gates County arrest records, Gates County warrants, Gates County criminal records, Gates County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Gates 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 Gates County that is the Gates 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 the State Park Rangers at Merchants Millpond (state agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Gates County Sheriff's Office
The Gates County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 13 violent and 92 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 178 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Cities in Gates County
The FBI lists no city in Gates County with a reporting agency of its own.
The one city in the county is Gatesville.
How Many Reports: Gates County in 2025
The one agency in Gates County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 13 violent and 92 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
The Gates County Sheriff's Office reported 178 arrests to the FBI for 2025, 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 gatescountync.gov/public-records (page title: Public Records Request | Gates County, NC).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Gates County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Gates 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 Gates 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 Gates 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 Gates 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.