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.
Nash County, North Carolina, has about 98,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Nash County depends on where the incident happened: the Nash 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: Nash County public records, Nash County arrest records, Nash County warrants, Nash County inmate search, Nash County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Nash 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 Nash County that is the Nash 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 Nash County Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement (other agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Nash County Sheriff's Office
The Nash County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 82 violent and 299 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 391 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at nashcountync.gov/252/Detention-Center (page title: Detention Center | Nash County, NC), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Nash County
The seven cities the FBI lists in Nash County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Rocky Mount: 367 violent and 1,844 property crimes reported for 2025; 566 arrests reported for 2024. The Rocky Mount police records page is at rockymountnc.gov/FormCenter/Police-9/Police-Public-Records-Request-... (verified September 25, 2026).
- Nashville: 54 arrests reported for 2024.
- Sharpsburg: 6 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 105 arrests reported for 2025.
- Spring Hope: 1,153 arrests reported for 2025.
- Middlesex: 1 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 13 arrests reported for 2025.
- Whitakers: 1,153 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bailey: 4 violent and 12 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 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: Nash County in 2025
The five agencies in Nash County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 460 violent and 2,178 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Nash County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,833 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the North Carolina Public Records Act Requires
Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the agency must answer a request as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Nash County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Nash 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 Nash 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 Nash 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 Nash 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.