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 October 2, 2026.
Cumberland County, North Carolina, has about 338,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and three campus, state or other agencies. 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 Cumberland 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: Cumberland County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cumberland County
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cumberland County. It reported 565 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Cumberland County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Fayetteville, 209,496 residents: 4,091 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hope Mills, 18,102 residents: 652 arrests reported for 2023.
- Spring Lake, 11,530 residents: 205 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stedman, 1,303 residents: 1,153 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.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Cumberland County: Methodist University and Fayetteville State University (campus police); the State Park Rangers at Carvers Creek (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Cumberland 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.
- Fayetteville: 4,091 for 2025, 4,548 for 2024, 5,270 for 2023, 4,436 for 2022, 3,743 for 2021 and 3,730 for 2020.
- Stedman: 1,153 for 2025, 1,163 for 2024, 1,164 for 2023, 1,164 for 2022, 1,164 for 2021 and 1,144 for 2020.
- Cumberland County Sheriff's Office: 565 for 2025, 612 for 2024, 510 for 2023, 705 for 2022, 728 for 2021 and 758 for 2020.
- Spring Lake: 205 for 2025, 103 for 2024, 159 for 2023, 118 for 2022, 210 for 2021 and 215 for 2020.
- Hope Mills: 652 for 2023, 466 for 2022, 435 for 2021, 468 for 2020 and 514 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,014 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,014 in 2025 against 6,426 in 2024, down 6.4 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,558 arrests, against 3,102 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cumberland County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cumberland 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 650 people, down from about 720 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 884 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at cumberlandsheriffnc.gov/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Cumberland County Sheriff's Office), phone (910) 672-5630, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Cumberland County
For Cumberland County the place to look is the case index of the Cumberland 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/cumberland-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 Cumberland County
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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (910) 672-5630.
- An arrest in Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake or Stedman: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Methodist University, Fayetteville State University or the State Park Rangers at Carvers Creek: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cumberland County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/cumberland-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Cumberland County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the nine cities in Cumberland County: Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake and Stedman. Eastover, Wade, Falcon, Godwin and Linden have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Cumberland County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Cumberland County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Fayetteville (209,496)
- Hope Mills (18,102)
- Spring Lake (11,530)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cumberland County each year?
Fayetteville reported 4,091 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 6,014 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cumberland County?
Ask the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at (910) 672-5630; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cumberlandsheriffnc.gov/detention-center.
Where are people arrested in Cumberland County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cumberland County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Cumberland 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 Cumberland County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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.