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.
Perquimans County, North Carolina, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Perquimans County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Perquimans County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Perquimans County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Perquimans County
The Perquimans County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Perquimans County. It reported 364 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Perquimans County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Winfall, 571 residents: 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Perquimans County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Winfall: 1,153 for 2025, 1,163 for 2024, 1,164 for 2023, 1,164 for 2022, 1,164 for 2021 and 1,144 for 2020.
- Perquimans County Sheriff's Office: 364 for 2025, 390 for 2024, 305 for 2023 and 318 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,517 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,517 in 2025 against 1,553 in 2024, down 2.3 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 941 arrests, against 1,038 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Perquimans County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Perquimans County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 35 people, down from about 42 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 46 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Perquimans County Sheriff's Office at perquimanscountync.gov/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office), phone (252)426-5615, 110 N Church St. / P.O. Box 31 Hertford, NC 27944, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison 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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Perquimans County
For Perquimans County the place to look is the case index of the Perquimans County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at nccourts.gov/locations/perquimans-county).
Statewide, eCourts Portal is the North Carolina Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
North Carolina does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Perquimans County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the agency must answer as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Perquimans County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (252)426-5615.
- An arrest in Winfall: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Perquimans County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/perquimans-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Perquimans County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Perquimans County: Winfall. Hertford has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Perquimans County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Perquimans County each year?
Winfall reported 1,153 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,517 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Perquimans County?
Ask the Perquimans County Sheriff's Office at (252)426-5615; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at perquimanscountync.gov/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Perquimans County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Perquimans County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Perquimans County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Perquimans County Superior Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the North Carolina Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Perquimans County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Perquimans 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.
Is this the official Perquimans 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.