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 October 9, 2026.
Holly Springs, North Carolina, in Wake County, has about 49,000 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 Wake 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: Holly Springs public records, Wake County arrest records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Holly Springs
The FBI lists Holly Springs with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Holly Springs Police Department. It reported 461 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 Wake County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,251 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Wake County: Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the North Carolina Museum of Art Park Police, North Carolina General Assembly and the WakeMed Campus Police (other); North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Saint Augustine's University and Meredith College (campus police); the State Fairgrounds, the State Park Rangers at Falls Lake Recreation Area, the State Park Rangers at Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, the State Park Rangers at William B. Umstead and two more (state agency).
How Many Arrests Holly Springs 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.
- Holly Springs: 461 for 2025, 520 for 2023, 473 for 2022, 437 for 2021, 316 for 2020 and 259 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Through September 2026, Holly Springs reported 323 arrests, against 327 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wake County, the 12 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 33,810 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Holly Springs Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Holly Springs 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 1,460 people, up from about 1,200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,569 beds, and it ran at 90 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 Wake County Sheriff's Office at wakeso.policetocitizen.com/Inmates (page title: Police To Citizen), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Holly Springs
An arrest in Holly Springs can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wake 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/wake-county); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at nccourts.gov/taxonomy/term/557).
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 Holly Springs
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 Holly Springs police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at hollyspringsnc.gov/1709/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Holly Springs, NC), phone (919) 856-5460, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wake County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/wake-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at wake.gov (page title: Public Records Requests | Wake County Government).
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Wake County guide covers every agency in the county: Wake County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Holly Springs each year?
Holly Springs reported 461 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Holly Springs?
Ask the Wake County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wakeso.policetocitizen.com/Inmates.
Where are people arrested in Holly Springs booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Holly Springs?
The court files of criminal cases in the Wake 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 Holly Springs?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Holly Springs police for its own arrests, the Wake 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 wake.gov.
Is this the official Holly Springs 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.