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.
Allendale County, South Carolina, has about 7,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Allendale County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and six 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 Solicitor files charges, a case in the Allendale County Circuit 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: Allendale County public records, South Carolina arrest records, South Carolina inmate search and South Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Allendale County
The Allendale County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Allendale County. It reported 81 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Allendale County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Allendale, 2,496 residents: 48 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fairfax, 1,389 residents.
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 Allendale County: Allendale County South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Allendale County State Transport Police, the Department of Health and Environmental Control Drug Control at Allendale, the Allendale County Forestry Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Allendale County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Allendale 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.
- Allendale County Sheriff's Office: 81 for 2025, 29 for 2024, 40 for 2023, 76 for 2022, 35 for 2020 and 28 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Allendale: 48 for 2025, 176 for 2024, 122 for 2023, 44 for 2022, 36 for 2021 and 54 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 129 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 129 in 2025 against 205 in 2024, down 37 percent.
Through April 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 53 arrests, against 50 in the same months of 2025.
Fairfax reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Allendale County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Allendale County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 17 people, down from about 23 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 80 beds, and it ran at 21 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the South Carolina Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Allendale County
South Carolina is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the CATCH service lets anyone run a name-based criminal record search online, for $25 a search, through the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Allendale 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 South Carolina Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 10 business days, or 20 for records more than two years old, and it may charge search, retrieval and copying at the agency's actual cost.
- An arrest by the Allendale County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Allendale or Fairfax: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Allendale County South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Allendale County State Transport Police or the Department of Health and Environmental Control Drug Control at Allendale: the records office of the agency involved.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Allendale County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Allendale County: Allendale and Fairfax. Sycamore and Ulmer 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 Allendale County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Allendale County each year?
The Allendale County Sheriff's Office reported 81 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 129 between them.
Where are people arrested in Allendale County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Allendale County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Allendale County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division: the CATCH service lets anyone run a name-based criminal record search online, for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Allendale County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Allendale County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 10 business days, or 20 for records more than two years old.
Is this the official Allendale 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.