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 on September 23, 2026.
Alexander County, North Carolina, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Alexander County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest 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 Alexander County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Alexander County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Alexander County
The Alexander County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Alexander County. It reported 437 arrests for 2025.
One city in Alexander County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Taylorsville, 2,294 residents: 240 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Alexander County
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.
- Alexander County Sheriff's Office: 437 for 2025, 832 for 2024, 829 for 2023, 794 for 2022, 797 for 2021 and 687 for 2020.
- Taylorsville: 240 for 2025, 231 for 2024, 306 for 2023, 357 for 2022, 342 for 2021 and 276 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 677 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 240 in 2025 against 231 in 2024, up 3.9 percent.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 303 arrests, against 299 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Alexander County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Alexander County 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 97 people, up from about 94 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 152 beds, and it ran at 62 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Alexander County
For Alexander County the place to look is the case index of the Alexander 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/alexander-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 Alexander County
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 Alexander County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Taylorsville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Alexander County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/alexander-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Alexander County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Taylorsville, the one city in Alexander County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Alexander County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Alexander County each year?
The Alexander County Sheriff's Office reported 437 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 677 between them.
Where are people arrested in Alexander County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Alexander County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Alexander County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Alexander 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 Alexander County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Alexander County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Alexander County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.