Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Denton, Maryland, in Caroline County, has about 5,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Caroline County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Denton public records, Caroline County arrest records, Maryland arrest records and Maryland inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Denton
The FBI lists Denton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Denton Police Department. It reported 100 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Caroline County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 516 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Caroline County: the Caroline County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Denton Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Denton: 100 for 2025, 111 for 2024, 100 for 2023, 110 for 2022, 259 for 2020 and 369 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Denton's 100 arrests in 2025 were down 9.9 percent from 111 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Denton reported 45 arrests, against 66 in the same months of 2025.
Across Caroline County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 629 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Denton Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Denton is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 45 people, down from about 52 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 134 beds, and it ran at 39 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Caroline County Sheriff's Office at carolinesheriff.net (page title: Caroline County Sheriffs), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Denton
For Denton the place to look is the case index of the Circuit Court for Caroline County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mdcourts.gov/courtsdirectory/caroline, phone 410-479-1811).
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
Maryland does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System 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 Denton
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 Maryland Public Information Act the agency must answer within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Denton police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at dentonmdpolice.com/faq (page title: FAQ | Town Of Denton | Police Department), phone 410-479-1414, 100 North Third Street Denton, MD 21629, Mon.-Fri. 8 to 4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Caroline County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Caroline County, through the court records page at mdcourts.gov/courtsdirectory/caroline, phone 410-479-1811.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
The Caroline County guide covers every agency in the county: Caroline County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Denton each year?
Denton reported 100 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Denton?
Ask the Caroline County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carolinesheriff.net.
Where are people arrested in Denton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Caroline County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Denton?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Caroline County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maryland Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Denton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Denton police for its own arrests, the Caroline County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the answer is due within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days.
Is this the official Denton website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.