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.
Yadkin County, North Carolina, has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Yadkin County Sheriff's Office and four city 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 Yadkin 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: Yadkin County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Yadkin County
The Yadkin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Yadkin County. It reported 551 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Yadkin County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Yadkinville, 3,026 residents: 110 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jonesville, 2,334 residents: 240 arrests reported for 2024.
- Boonville, 1,215 residents: 7 arrests reported for 2025.
- East Bend, 640 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Yadkin County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- East Bend: 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.
- Yadkin County Sheriff's Office: 551 for 2025, 629 for 2024, 652 for 2023, 543 for 2022, 642 for 2021 and 564 for 2020.
- Yadkinville: 110 for 2025, 78 for 2024, 103 for 2023, 110 for 2022, 96 for 2021 and 124 for 2020.
- Boonville: 7 for 2025, 14 for 2023 and 14 for 2022; 2024 is missing months.
- Jonesville: 240 for 2024, 300 for 2023, 285 for 2022, 454 for 2021 and 422 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,821 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,814 in 2025 against 1,870 in 2024, down 3 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,027 arrests, against 1,068 in the same months of 2025.
Jonesville reported only part of 2025 (8 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Yadkin County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Yadkin 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 54 people, down from about 97 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 101 beds, and it ran at 96 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 Yadkin County Sheriff's Office at yadkincountync.gov/216/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Welcome to the Yadkin County Sheriff's Office | Yadkin County, NC), phone 336-849-7810, 201 East Cherry Street Yadkinville, NC 27055, Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, 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 Yadkin County
For Yadkin County the place to look is the case index of the Yadkin 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/yadkin-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 Yadkin 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 Yadkin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 336-849-7810.
- An arrest in Yadkinville, Jonesville, Boonville or East Bend: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Yadkin County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/yadkin-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Yadkin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Yadkin County: Yadkinville, Jonesville, Boonville and East Bend.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Yadkin County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Yadkin County each year?
East Bend reported 1,153 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,821 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Yadkin County?
Ask the Yadkin County Sheriff's Office at 336-849-7810; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yadkincountync.gov/216/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in Yadkin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Yadkin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Yadkin County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Yadkin 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 Yadkin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Yadkin 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 Yadkin 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.