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 1, 2026.
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in Cleveland County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kings Mountain is held at the county jail, run by the Cleveland 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 Kings Mountain
The county jail, run by the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kings Mountain, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office at 74.218.167.200/p2c/jailinmates.aspx (page title: Cleveland County Sheriff Office P2C), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Cleveland County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 290 people, down from about 330 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cleveland County has about 102,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cleveland County Jail
The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kings Mountain (filed by the FBI as Kings Mountain Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Kings Mountain.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cleveland County: the State Park Rangers at Crowders Mountain (state agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office's 1,858 for 2025, Shelby's 1,216 for 2025 and Kings Mountain's 260 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Cleveland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,371 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 Kings Mountain arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction lists its inmates at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Kings Mountain?
Ask the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at 74.218.167.200/p2c/jailinmates.aspx.
How many people are in the Cleveland County jail?
About 290 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cleveland 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 Kings Mountain 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.