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 between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Union County, North Carolina, has about 263,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Union County depends on where the incident happened: the Union 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: Union County public records, Union County arrest records, Union County warrants, Union County inmate search, Union County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Union 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 Union County that is the Union 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 Union County Sheriff's Office
The Union County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 202 violent and 1,122 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,300 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at sheriff.unioncountync.gov/jailinmates.aspx (page title: Union County Sheriff Office P2C), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Union County
The five cities the FBI lists in Union County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Monroe: 220 violent and 969 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,562 arrests reported for 2025.
- Waxhaw: 11 violent and 85 property crimes reported for 2025; 136 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stallings: 7 violent and 97 property crimes reported for 2025; 182 arrests reported for 2025. The Stallings police records page is at stallingsnc.org/Your-Government/Departments/Police-Department/Reports, phone 704-821-0300 (verified September 25, 2026).
- Wingate: 35 arrests reported for 2022.
- Marshville: 17 violent and 78 property crimes reported for 2025; 88 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: Union County in 2025
The five agencies in Union County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 457 violent and 2,351 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the five agencies in Union County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,268 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 unioncountync.gov/government/departments-f-p/public-communications/... (page title: Public Record Request | Union County, NC).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Union County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Union 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 Union 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 Union 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 Union 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.