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 9, 2026.
Graham County, North Carolina, has about 8,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Graham 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 Graham 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: Graham County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Graham County
The Graham County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Graham County. It reported 182 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Graham 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.
- Graham County Sheriff's Office: 182 for 2022, 234 for 2021 and 169 for 2020.
The Graham County Sheriff's Office's 182 arrests in 2022 were down 22 percent from 234 in 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Graham County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Graham 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 9 people, up from about 8 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 8 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Graham County Sheriff's Office at grahamcounty.org/sheriff.html (page title: Graham County, NC), phone (828) 479-3352, 11 Court St, Robbinsville, NC 28771, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 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 Graham County
For Graham County the place to look is the case index of the Graham 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/graham-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 Graham 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 Graham County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (828) 479-3352.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Graham County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/graham-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The other Graham County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Graham County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Graham 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 Graham County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Graham County each year?
The Graham County Sheriff's Office reported 182 arrests to the FBI for 2022, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Graham County?
Ask the Graham County Sheriff's Office at (828) 479-3352; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at grahamcounty.org/sheriff.html.
Where are people arrested in Graham County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Graham County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Graham County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Graham 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 Graham County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Graham 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 Graham 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.