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 26, 2026.
Shallotte, North Carolina, in Brunswick County, has about 5,200 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 Brunswick 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: Shallotte public records, Brunswick County arrest records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Shallotte
The FBI lists Shallotte with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Shallotte Police Department. It reported 88 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 Brunswick County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 870 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Shallotte 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.
- Shallotte: 88 for 2025, 95 for 2024, 128 for 2023, 62 for 2022, 71 for 2021 and 150 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Shallotte's 88 arrests in 2025 were down 7.4 percent from 95 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Shallotte reported 48 arrests, against 62 in the same months of 2025.
Across Brunswick County, the ten agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,357 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Shallotte Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shallotte 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 150 people, down from about 340 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 440 beds, and it ran at 78 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 Brunswick County Sheriff's Office at brunswicksheriff.com/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Brunswick County Sheriff's Office), phone 910-253-2777, 70 Stamp Act Drive, Bolivia, NC 28422, 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 Shallotte
For Shallotte the place to look is the case index of the Brunswick 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/brunswick-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 Shallotte
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 Shallotte police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at townofshallotte.org/police (page title: Police Department | Official Website of Shallotte, North Carolina), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 910-253-2777.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Brunswick County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/brunswick-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at brunswickcountync.gov (page title: Public Record Requests | Brunswick County, NC).
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Brunswick County guide covers every agency in the county: Brunswick County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Shallotte each year?
Shallotte reported 88 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Shallotte?
Ask the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office at 910-253-2777; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at brunswicksheriff.com/detention-center.
Where are people arrested in Shallotte booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Shallotte?
The court files of criminal cases in the Brunswick 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 Shallotte?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Shallotte police for its own arrests, the Brunswick 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 brunswickcountync.gov.
Is this the official Shallotte 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.