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.
Stokes County, North Carolina, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Stokes County depends on where the incident happened: the Stokes 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: Stokes County public records, Stokes County arrest records, Stokes County warrants, Stokes County inmate search, Stokes County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Stokes 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 Stokes County that is the Stokes 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 Hanging Rock (state agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Stokes County Sheriff's Office
The Stokes County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 85 violent and 299 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 745 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (336) 593-8117. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at co.stokes.nc.us/departments/stokes_county_jail.php (page title: Stokes County Jail), phone (336) 593-8117, 1013 N. Main St Danbury, NC 27016, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Stokes County
The one city the FBI lists in Stokes County with a reporting agency of its own:
- King: 8 violent and 162 property crimes reported for 2025; 363 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: Stokes County in 2025
The two agencies in Stokes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 93 violent and 461 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the two agencies in Stokes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,108 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 co.stokes.nc.us/commissioners/public_records_requests.php (page title: Stokes County, NC).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Stokes County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Stokes 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 Stokes 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 Stokes County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (336) 593-8117. 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 Stokes 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.