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. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Warren County, North Carolina, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Warren County is held at the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Warren County public records, Warren County arrest records, Warren County warrants, Warren County criminal records, Warren County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Warren County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Warren County is held at the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Warren County Sheriff's Office at warrencountync.com/315/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Warren County, NC), phone 252-257-3456, 132 Rafters Lane Warrenton, NC 27589, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 252-257-3456.
The Warren County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 37 people, up from about 25 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 37 beds, and it ran at 68 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Warren County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Warren County Jail
The Warren County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Norlina and Warrenton make the arrests that end in a booking in Warren County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Norlina's 1,153 for 2025, the Warren County Sheriff's Office's 254 for 2025 and Warrenton's 13 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Warren County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,420 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Warren County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Warren County 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Warren County?
Ask the Warren County Sheriff's Office at 252-257-3456; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountync.com/315/Sheriff.
How many people are in the Warren County jail?
About 37 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 37 beds.
What is the phone number for the Warren County jail?
252-257-3456, the number on the page of the Warren County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Warren County go?
To a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction; its inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov.
Is this the official Warren 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.