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.
Robeson County, North Carolina, has about 119,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Robeson County Sheriff's Office, eight city agencies and two 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 Robeson 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: Robeson County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Robeson County
The Robeson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Robeson County. It reported 2,120 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists eight cities in Robeson County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lumberton, 18,882 residents: 1,214 arrests reported for 2025.
- Red Springs, 3,181 residents: 176 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pembroke, 2,864 residents: 186 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fairmont, 2,212 residents: 121 arrests reported for 2025.
- Maxton, 2,136 residents: 41 arrests reported for 2024.
- St. Pauls, 2,081 residents: 66 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rowland, 894 residents: 27 arrests reported for 2025.
- Parkton, 504 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 Robeson County: the State Park Rangers at Lumber River (state agency); the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Robeson 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.
- Lumberton: 1,214 for 2025, 1,175 for 2024, 1,084 for 2023, 1,167 for 2022 and 1,273 for 2021.
- Parkton: 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.
- Pembroke: 186 for 2025, 161 for 2024, 114 for 2023, 49 for 2022 and 116 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Red Springs: 176 for 2025, 137 for 2024, 141 for 2023, 189 for 2022, 175 for 2021 and 136 for 2020.
- Fairmont: 121 for 2025, 110 for 2024, 141 for 2023, 118 for 2022 and 88 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- St. Pauls: 66 for 2025, 108 for 2024, 111 for 2023, 76 for 2022, 48 for 2021 and 23 for 2020.
- Rowland: 27 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 61 for 2023, 53 for 2022, 56 for 2021 and 46 for 2020.
- Robeson County Sheriff's Office: 2,120 for 2023, 1,888 for 2022, 2,069 for 2021, 1,922 for 2020 and 2,374 for 2019.
- Maxton: 41 for 2024, 30 for 2023, 64 for 2022, 57 for 2021, 36 for 2020 and 49 for 2019.
Together, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,943 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,943 in 2025 against 2,878 in 2024, up 2.3 percent.
Through June 2026, the six agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,273 arrests, against 1,416 in the same months of 2025.
Robeson County Sheriff's Office and Maxton reported only part of 2025 (4 months and 7 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Robeson County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Robeson 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 430 people, up from about 330 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 362 beds, and it ran at 91 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 Robeson County Sheriff's Office at robesoncoso.policetocitizen.com/Inmates (page title: Police To Citizen), 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 Robeson County
For Robeson County the place to look is the case index of the Robeson 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/robeson-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 Robeson 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 Robeson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lumberton, Red Springs, Pembroke, Fairmont, Maxton, St. Pauls or another of the cities listed above: 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 the State Park Rangers at Lumber River or the University of North Carolina at Pembroke: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Robeson County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/robeson-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Robeson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for eight of the 15 cities in Robeson County: Lumberton, Red Springs, Pembroke, Fairmont, Maxton, St. Pauls, Rowland and Parkton. Rennert, Proctorville, Marietta, McDonald, Lumber Bridge, Raynham and Orrum 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 Robeson County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Robeson County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Lumberton (18,882)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Robeson County each year?
Lumberton reported 1,214 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the seven agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,943 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Robeson County?
Ask the Robeson County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at robesoncoso.policetocitizen.com/Inmates.
Where are people arrested in Robeson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Robeson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Robeson County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Robeson 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 Robeson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Robeson 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 Robeson 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.