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.
Wilkes County, North Carolina, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Wilkes County depends on where the incident happened: the Wilkes 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: Wilkes County public records, Wilkes County arrest records, Wilkes County warrants, Wilkes County inmate search, Wilkes County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Wilkes 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 Wilkes County that is the Wilkes 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 Elkin Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Wilkes County, so its arrests are not broken out for Wilkes County here.
Reports from the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office
The Wilkes County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 99 violent and 355 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 624 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 336-903-7623. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at wilkescounty.net/152/Jail (page title: Jail | Wilkes County, NC), phone 336-903-7623, 502 Courthouse Drive Wilkesboro, NC 28697, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Wilkes County
The two cities the FBI lists in Wilkes County with a reporting agency of their own:
- North Wilkesboro: 6 violent and 89 property crimes reported for 2025; 327 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wilkesboro: 14 violent and 163 property crimes reported for 2025; 285 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: Wilkes County in 2025
The three agencies in Wilkes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 119 violent and 607 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Wilkes County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,236 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 wilkescounty.net/495/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Wilkes County, NC).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Wilkes County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Wilkes 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 336-903-7623. 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 Wilkes 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.