Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Cleveland County, North Carolina, has about 102,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Cleveland County depends on where the incident happened: the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Cleveland County public records, Cleveland County arrest records, Cleveland County warrants, Cleveland County inmate search, Cleveland County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Cleveland County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Cleveland County that is the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries the State Park Rangers at Crowders Mountain (state agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 143 violent and 504 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 1,858 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at 74.218.167.200/p2c/jailinmates.aspx (page title: Cleveland County Sheriff Office P2C), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Cleveland County
The three cities the FBI lists in Cleveland County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Shelby: 202 violent and 566 property crimes reported for 2025; 1,216 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kings Mountain: 63 violent and 303 property crimes reported for 2025; 260 arrests reported for 2025.
- Boiling Springs: 2 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2025; 37 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 Reports: Cleveland County in 2025
The four agencies in Cleveland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 410 violent and 1,395 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Cleveland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,371 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the North Carolina Public Records Act Requires
The North Carolina Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at clevelandcounty.com/main/community/media_center/public_records_requ... (page title: Cleveland County, NC).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Cleveland County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Cleveland 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.
How long does an agency in Cleveland County have to answer?
Under the North Carolina Public Records Act, as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Cleveland 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.