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.
Charlotte, Michigan, in Eaton County, has about 9,300 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Eaton County Circuit Court. 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: Charlotte public records, Eaton County arrest records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Charlotte
The FBI lists Charlotte with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Charlotte Police Department. It reported 64 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 Eaton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 812 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Eaton County: the Eaton County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Charlotte 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.
- Charlotte: 64 for 2025, 94 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 101 for 2022, 111 for 2021 and 93 for 2020.
Charlotte's 64 arrests in 2025 were down 32 percent from 94 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Charlotte reported 55 arrests, against 49 in the same months of 2025.
Across Eaton County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,088 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Charlotte Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Charlotte 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 2020 the jail held about 180 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 374 beds, and it ran at 59 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 Eaton County Sheriff's Office at eatoncounty.org/356/Office-of-the-Sheriff (page title: Office of the Sheriff | Eaton County, MI), phone 517-543-3512, 1025 Independence Boulevard Charlotte, MI 48813, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Charlotte
An arrest in Charlotte can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Eaton County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at eatoncounty.org/1233/Public-Case-Search); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at eatoncounty.org/154/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 517-543-4801).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Charlotte
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 Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the Charlotte police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at charlottemi.gov/m/directory/department?did=35 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department), phone 517-543-1552, 111 East Lawrence Avenue Charlotte, MI 48813, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Eaton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 517-543-3512.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 517-543-4801, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Eaton County Circuit Court, through the court records page at eatoncounty.org/1233/Public-Case-Search.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at eatoncounty.org (page title: Freedom of Information Act Requests (FOIA) | Eaton County, MI).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Eaton County guide covers every agency in the county: Eaton County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Charlotte each year?
Charlotte reported 64 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Charlotte?
Ask the Eaton County Sheriff's Office at 517-543-3512; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at eatoncounty.org/356/Office-of-the-Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Charlotte booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Eaton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Charlotte?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Charlotte?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Charlotte police for its own arrests, the Eaton County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at eatoncounty.org.
Is this the official Charlotte 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.