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.
Sampson County, North Carolina, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Sampson County depends on where the incident happened: the Sampson 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: Sampson County public records, Sampson County arrest records, Sampson County warrants, Sampson County inmate search, Sampson County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Sampson 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 Sampson County that is the Sampson 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.
Reports from the Sampson County Sheriff's Office
The Sampson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 75 violent and 552 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 841 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (910) 592-8178. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at sampsoncountync.gov/Government/Departments-A-Z/Sheriffs-Office/Dete... (page title: Detention Center | Sampson County Government), phone (910) 592-8178, 8178 Location 112 Fontana Street Clinton, NC 28328, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Sampson County
The two cities the FBI lists in Sampson County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Clinton: 24 violent and 233 property crimes reported for 2025; 570 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newton Grove.
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: Sampson County in 2025
The two agencies in Sampson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 99 violent and 785 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the two agencies in Sampson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,411 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.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at sampsoncountync.gov/Government/Public-Communications/Public-Records... (page title: Public Records Request | Sampson County Government).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Sampson County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Sampson 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 Sampson 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 Sampson County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (910) 592-8178. 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 Sampson 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.