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.
Rowan County, North Carolina, has about 153,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Rowan County depends on where the incident happened: the Rowan 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: Rowan County public records, Rowan County arrest records, Rowan County warrants, Rowan County criminal records, Rowan County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Rowan 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 Rowan County that is the Rowan 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 Kannapolis Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Rowan County, so its arrests are not broken out for Rowan County here.
Reports from the Rowan County Sheriff's Office
The Rowan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 167 violent and 622 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,781 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit.
Reports from the City Agencies in Rowan County
The eight cities the FBI lists in Rowan County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Salisbury: 216 violent and 1,313 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,454 arrests reported for 2025. The Salisbury police department's page is at p2c.salisburync.gov/maintenance.aspx (verified September 25, 2026).
- China Grove: 2 violent and 39 property crimes reported for 2025; 89 arrests reported for 2025.
- Landis: 7 violent and 41 property crimes reported for 2025; 18 arrests reported for 2025.
- Spencer: 3 violent and 33 property crimes reported for 2025; 215 arrests reported for 2025.
- Granite Quarry: 5 violent and 37 property crimes reported for 2025; 19 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rockwell: 123 arrests reported for 2022.
- East Spencer: 62 arrests reported for 2023.
- Cleveland: 0 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 49 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: Rowan County in 2025
The seven agencies in Rowan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 400 violent and 2,100 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the seven agencies in Rowan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,625 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.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at rowancountync.gov/642/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records | Rowan County).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Rowan County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Rowan 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 Rowan 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 Rowan 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 Rowan 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.