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.
Pinehurst, North Carolina, in Moore County, has about 19,000 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 Moore 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: Pinehurst public records, Moore County arrest records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Pinehurst
The FBI lists Pinehurst with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Pinehurst Police Department. It reported 189 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 Moore County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,062 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Moore County: Firsthealth of the Carolinas and Moore County Schools (other); the State Park Rangers at Weymouth Woods/Sandhills Nature Preserve (state agency).
How Many Arrests Pinehurst 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.
- Pinehurst: 189 for 2025, 167 for 2024, 214 for 2023, 322 for 2022, 376 for 2021 and 359 for 2020.
Pinehurst's 189 arrests in 2025 were up 13 percent from 167 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Pinehurst reported 126 arrests, against 123 in the same months of 2025.
Across Moore County, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,850 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pinehurst Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pinehurst and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 180 people, up from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 216 beds, and it ran at 81 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 Moore County Sheriff's Office at moorecountync.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=34 (page title: Quick Links, Detention Center), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction lists its inmates at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Pinehurst
An arrest in Pinehurst can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Moore 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/moore-county); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ncmd-1_09-cv-00990).
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 Pinehurst
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Pinehurst police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at vopnc.org/our-government/departments/police (page title: Police | Village of Pinehurst, NC), phone 910-295-3781, 420 Magnolia Road Pinehurst, NC 28374, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Moore 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 Moore County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/moore-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Moore County guide covers every agency in the county: Moore County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pinehurst each year?
Pinehurst reported 189 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pinehurst?
Ask the Moore County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at moorecountync.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=34.
Where are people arrested in Pinehurst booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Moore County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pinehurst?
The court files of criminal cases in the Moore 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 Pinehurst?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pinehurst police for its own arrests, the Moore 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 Pinehurst 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.