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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Tyrrell County, North Carolina, has about 3,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office. 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 Tyrrell 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: Tyrrell County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tyrrell County
The Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tyrrell County. It reported 113 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office: 113 for 2025, 121 for 2024, 148 for 2023, 169 for 2022, 166 for 2021 and 117 for 2020.
The Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office's 113 arrests in 2025 were down 6.6 percent from 121 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office reported 58 arrests, against 94 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tyrrell County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Tyrrell 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office at tyrrellcounty.org/en/county-deparrtment/122-sheriff-s-department (page title: Sheriff's Department), phone (252) 796-2251, 108 S. Water St. Columbia, NC 27925, 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 Tyrrell County
For Tyrrell County the place to look is the case index of the Tyrrell 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/tyrrell-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 Tyrrell County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (252) 796-2251.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tyrrell County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/tyrrell-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Tyrrell County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Tyrrell County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Tyrrell County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tyrrell County each year?
The Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office reported 113 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tyrrell County?
Ask the Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office at (252) 796-2251; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tyrrellcounty.org.
Where are people arrested in Tyrrell County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tyrrell County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Tyrrell 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 Tyrrell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tyrrell 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 Tyrrell 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.