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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Aiken County, South Carolina, has about 179,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Aiken County is held at the county jail, run by the Aiken 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.
Related guides: Aiken County public records, Aiken County arrest records, Aiken County warrants, Aiken County criminal records, Aiken County court records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Aiken County
The county jail, run by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Aiken County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Aiken County Sheriff's Office at aikencountysheriff.net/185/Inmate-Search (page title: Inmate Search | Aiken County Sheriff, SC), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Aiken County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 380 people, down from about 400 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 376 beds, and it ran at 107 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Aiken County has about 179,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Aiken County Jail
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Aiken, North Augusta, Burnettown, New Ellenton, Jackson, Wagener and two more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Aiken County.
The FBI's agency list also places six state agencies, one campus police department and one state police unit in Aiken County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Aiken County Sheriff's Office's 2,160 for 2025, Aiken's 1,309 for 2025 and North Augusta's 430 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in Aiken County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,970 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 Aiken County 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 Aiken County?
Look on the custody page of the Aiken County Sheriff's Office at aikencountysheriff.net/185/Inmate-Search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Aiken County jail?
About 380 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 376 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Aiken 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 Aiken 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.