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.
Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County, has about 209,000 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 Cumberland 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: Fayetteville public records, Cumberland County arrest records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fayetteville
The FBI lists Fayetteville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fayetteville Police Department. It reported 4,091 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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 565 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Cumberland County: Methodist University and Fayetteville State University (campus police); the State Park Rangers at Carvers Creek (state agency).
How Many Arrests Fayetteville Reports
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.
- Fayetteville: 4,091 for 2025, 4,548 for 2024, 5,270 for 2023, 4,436 for 2022, 3,743 for 2021 and 3,730 for 2020.
Fayetteville's 4,091 arrests in 2025 were down 10 percent from 4,548 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Fayetteville reported 1,929 arrests, against 2,516 in the same months of 2025.
Across Cumberland County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,014 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fayetteville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fayetteville 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 650 people, down from about 720 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 884 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at cumberlandsheriffnc.gov/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Cumberland County Sheriff's Office), phone (910) 672-5630, 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 Fayetteville
For Fayetteville the place to look is the case index of the Cumberland 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/cumberland-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 Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at fayettevillenc.gov/City-Departments/Police-Department/FPD-Media-Rel... (page title: FAYPD Launches New Public Records Request Kiosks | City of Fayetteville, N.C.), 467 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301, Monday-Friday): Kiosk Locations (Available 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (910) 672-5630.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cumberland County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/cumberland-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Cumberland County guide covers every agency in the county: Cumberland County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fayetteville each year?
Fayetteville reported 4,091 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fayetteville?
Ask the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at (910) 672-5630; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cumberlandsheriffnc.gov/detention-center.
Where are people arrested in Fayetteville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fayetteville?
The court files of criminal cases in the Cumberland 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 Fayetteville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fayetteville police for its own arrests, the Cumberland 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.
Is this the official Fayetteville 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.