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 25, 2026.
Concord, North Carolina, in Cabarrus County, has about 112,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Concord is held at the county jail, run by the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Concord public records, Cabarrus County inmate search, Concord arrest records, Concord warrants, Concord criminal records, Concord court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Concord
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Concord is held at the county jail, run by the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office at cabarruscounty.us/Government/Departments/Sheriffs-Office-Old/Detent... (page title: Find an Inmate Cabarrus County), 65 Church St S Concord, NC 28025, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Cabarrus County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 330 people, up from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 665 beds, and it ran at 47 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cabarrus County has about 245,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cabarrus County Jail
The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Concord (filed by the FBI as Concord Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Concord.
The Locust Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cabarrus County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cabarrus County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Concord's 3,532 for 2025 and Kannapolis's 2,188 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Cabarrus County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,720 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Concord arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Cabarrus County 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Concord?
Look on the custody page of the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office at cabarruscounty.us. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Cabarrus County jail?
About 330 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 665 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cabarrus County go?
To a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction; its inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov.
Is this the official Concord 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.