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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Caroline County, Maryland, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Caroline County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one state agency. 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 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 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: Caroline County public records, Maryland arrest records, Maryland inmate search and Maryland criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Caroline County
The Caroline County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Caroline County. It reported 516 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Denton, 5,049 residents: 100 arrests reported for 2025.
- Greensboro, 1,969 residents: 13 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Caroline County: the Caroline County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Caroline County
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.
- Caroline County Sheriff's Office: 516 for 2025, 589 for 2024, 532 for 2023, 677 for 2022, 1,017 for 2020 and 1,185 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Denton: 100 for 2025, 111 for 2024, 100 for 2023, 110 for 2022, 259 for 2020 and 369 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Greensboro: 13 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 15 for 2023, 33 for 2022, 96 for 2020 and 67 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 629 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 629 in 2025 against 710 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through April 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 200 arrests, against 193 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Caroline County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Caroline County 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 Caroline County
For Caroline County 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 Caroline County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Caroline County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Denton or Greensboro: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Caroline County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- 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.
Cities in Caroline County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the nine cities in Caroline County: Denton and Greensboro. Federalsburg, Ridgely, Preston, Goldsboro, Marydel, Henderson and Hillsboro have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Circuit Court for Caroline County.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Caroline County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Denton (5,049)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Caroline County each year?
The Caroline County Sheriff's Office reported 516 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 629 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Caroline County?
Ask the Caroline County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carolinesheriff.net.
Where are people arrested in Caroline County 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 Caroline County?
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 Caroline County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Caroline County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Caroline 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.