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 September 26, 2026.
Siler City, North Carolina, in Chatham County, has about 8,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Siler City is held at the county jail, run by the Chatham 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.
Related guides: Siler City public records, Chatham County inmate search, Siler City arrest records, Siler City warrants, Siler City criminal records, Siler City court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Siler City
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Siler City is held at the county jail, run by the Chatham County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Chatham County Sheriff's Office at chathamsheriff.com/inmatesearch (page title: Inmate Search | Chatham County Sheriff’s Office NC), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Chatham County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 48 people, down from about 71 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 110 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Chatham County has about 84,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 6 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Chatham County Jail
The Chatham County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Siler City (filed by the FBI as Siler City Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Siler City.
The Apex Police Department and the Cary Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Chatham County, so their arrests are not broken out for Chatham County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Chatham County Sheriff's Office's 798 for 2025, Siler City's 340 for 2025 and Pittsboro's 119 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Chatham County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,257 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 Siler City 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 Chatham 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 Siler City?
Look on the custody page of the Chatham County Sheriff's Office at chathamsheriff.com/inmatesearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Chatham County jail?
About 48 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 110 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Chatham 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 Siler City 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.