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 October 9, 2026.
Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hendersonville is held at the county jail, run by the Henderson 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Hendersonville
The county jail, run by the Henderson County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Hendersonville, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office at sheriffhendersoncounty.com/inmate-lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Henderson County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Henderson County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 150 people, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 221 beds, and it ran at 70 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Henderson County has about 121,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Henderson County Jail
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hendersonville (filed by the FBI as Hendersonville Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Hendersonville.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Henderson County: Blue Ridge Community College (campus police).
The Saluda Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Henderson County, so its arrests are not broken out for Henderson County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Henderson County Sheriff's Office's 1,139 for 2025, Hendersonville's 907 for 2025 and Fletcher's 248 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Henderson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,392 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 Hendersonville 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 Henderson 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 Hendersonville?
Look on the custody page of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office at sheriffhendersoncounty.com/inmate-lookup. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Henderson County jail?
About 150 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 221 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Henderson 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 Hendersonville 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.