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 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Hanahan, South Carolina, in Berkeley County, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hanahan is held at the county jail, run by the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Hanahan
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hanahan is held at the county jail, run by the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.berkeleycountysc.gov/report/inmate-lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Berkeley County Sheriff's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Berkeley County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 360 people, down from about 390 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 291 beds, and it ran at 133 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Berkeley County has about 264,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Berkeley County Jail
The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Hanahan (filed by the FBI as Hanahan Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Hanahan.
The FBI's agency list also places six state agencies and one state police unit in Berkeley County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Charleston Police Department and the Summerville Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Berkeley County, so their arrests are not broken out for Berkeley County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office's 2,197 for 2025, Goose Creek's 1,111 for 2025 and Moncks Corner's 523 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Berkeley County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,289 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Hanahan arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the South Carolina Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Hanahan?
Look on the custody page of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.berkeleycountysc.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Berkeley County jail?
About 360 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 291 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Berkeley County go?
To a facility of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
Is this the official Hanahan website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.