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.
Caswell County, North Carolina, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Caswell County Sheriff's Office. 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 Caswell 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: Caswell County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Caswell County
The Caswell County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Caswell County. It reported 477 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Caswell County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Caswell County Sheriff's Office: 477 for 2025, 606 for 2024, 433 for 2023, 415 for 2022, 337 for 2021 and 275 for 2020.
The Caswell County Sheriff's Office's 477 arrests in 2025 were down 21 percent from 606 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Caswell County Sheriff's Office reported 238 arrests, against 287 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Caswell County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Caswell 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 92 people, up from about 88 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 83 beds, and it ran at 106 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 Caswell County Sheriff's Office at caswellcountync.gov/sheriff-office (page title: SHERIFF | Caswell County | NC), phone (336) 694-9311, Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., 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 Caswell County
For Caswell County the place to look is the case index of the Caswell 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/caswell-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 Caswell 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 Caswell County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (336) 694-9311.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Caswell County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/caswell-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Caswell County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Caswell County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Caswell County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Caswell County each year?
The Caswell County Sheriff's Office reported 477 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Caswell County?
Ask the Caswell County Sheriff's Office at (336) 694-9311; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at caswellcountync.gov/sheriff-office.
Where are people arrested in Caswell County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Caswell County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Caswell County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Caswell 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 Caswell County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Caswell 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 Caswell 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.