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 25, 2026.
Archdale, North Carolina, in Randolph County, has about 12,000 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the Randolph County Superior 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: Archdale public records, Randolph County arrest records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Archdale
The FBI lists Archdale with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Archdale Police Department. It reported 341 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 Randolph County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,197 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Archdale 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.
- Archdale: 341 for 2025, 209 for 2024, 290 for 2022, 311 for 2021, 241 for 2020 and 261 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Archdale's 341 arrests in 2025 were up 63 percent from 209 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Archdale reported 119 arrests, against 189 in the same months of 2025.
Across Randolph County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,742 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Archdale Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Archdale 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 310 people, up from about 280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 272 beds, and it ran at 104 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 Randolph County Sheriff's Office at randolphcountync.gov/369/Confined-Inmates (page title: Confined Inmates | Randolph County, NC), phone 336-318-6625, 811 New Century Drive Asheboro, NC 27205, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison 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.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Archdale
For Archdale the place to look is the case index of the Randolph County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at nccourts.gov/locations/randolph-county).
Statewide, eCourts Portal is the North Carolina Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
North Carolina does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 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 Archdale
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 North Carolina Public Records Act the agency must answer as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Archdale police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at archdale-nc.gov/189/Records-Division (page title: Records Division | Archdale, NC), phone 336-434-3134, 305 Balfour Drive Archdale NC 27263, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 336-318-6625.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Randolph County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/randolph-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nccourts.gov/services/request-a-public-record (page title: Request a Public Record | North Carolina Judicial Branch).
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Randolph County guide covers every agency in the county: Randolph County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Archdale each year?
Archdale reported 341 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Archdale?
Ask the Randolph County Sheriff's Office at 336-318-6625; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at randolphcountync.gov/369/Confined-Inmates.
Where are people arrested in Archdale booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Archdale?
The court files of criminal cases in the Randolph County Superior Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the North Carolina Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Archdale?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Archdale police for its own arrests, the Randolph County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the answer is due as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nccourts.gov/services/request-a-public-record.
Is this the official Archdale 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.