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.
Davie County, North Carolina, has about 45,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Davie 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 Davie 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: Davie County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Davie County
The Davie County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Davie County. It reported 896 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Davie 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.
- Davie County Sheriff's Office: 896 for 2025, 741 for 2024, 740 for 2023, 747 for 2022 and 539 for 2021.
The Davie County Sheriff's Office's 896 arrests in 2025 were up 21 percent from 741 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Davie County Sheriff's Office reported 465 arrests, against 618 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Davie County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Davie County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 74 people, up from about 65 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 64 beds, and it ran at 102 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 Davie County Sheriff's Office at dcsonc.com/index.html (page title: DAVIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE | Davie County Sheriff's Office), phone 336.751.6238, 132 Government Center Drive Mocksville, NC 27028, 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 Davie County
For Davie County the place to look is the case index of the Davie 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/davie-county, phone (336) 936-3000).
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 Davie 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 Davie County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 336.751.6238.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Davie County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/davie-county, phone (336) 936-3000.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at daviecountync.gov/925/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Davie County, NC).
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Davie County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Davie 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 Davie County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Davie County each year?
The Davie County Sheriff's Office reported 896 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Davie County?
Ask the Davie County Sheriff's Office at 336.751.6238; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at dcsonc.com/index.html.
Where are people arrested in Davie County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Davie County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Davie County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Davie 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 Davie County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Davie 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at daviecountync.gov/925/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official Davie 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.