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 September 30, 2026.
Edgefield County, South Carolina, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office, three 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 Edgefield 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: Edgefield County public records, South Carolina arrest records, South Carolina inmate search and South Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Edgefield County
The Edgefield County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Edgefield County. It reported 267 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Edgefield, 4,147 residents: 49 arrests reported for 2023.
- Johnston, 2,214 residents: 26 arrests reported for 2022.
- Trenton, 409 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 North Augusta Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Edgefield County, so its arrests are not broken out for Edgefield County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Edgefield County: the Department of Natural Resources in Edgefield County, the Edgefield County State Transport Police, the Department of Health and Environmental Control Drug Control at Edgefield, Edgefield County South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Edgefield County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Edgefield 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.
- Edgefield County Sheriff's Office: 267 for 2025, 256 for 2024, 244 for 2023, 296 for 2022 and 148 for 2021.
- Johnston: 26 for 2022 and 11 for 2021.
- Edgefield: 49 for 2023, 25 for 2022, 23 for 2021 and 13 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 347 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2022 and 2021 complete reported 347 in 2022 against 182 in 2021, up 91 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Edgefield County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Edgefield 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 2019 the jail held about 48 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 65 beds, and it ran at 74 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 Edgefield County Sheriff's Office at edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff’s office | Edgefield County), phone (803) 637-4124, 264 Star Rd Edgefield, SC 29824, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Edgefield County
An arrest in Edgefield County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Edgefield County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/clerk-of-court, phone 803-637-4080); the Solicitor, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/solicitor, phone (803) 785-8352).
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 Edgefield 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 Edgefield County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (803) 637-4124.
- An arrest in Edgefield, Johnston or Trenton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Department of Natural Resources in Edgefield County, the Edgefield County State Transport Police or the Department of Health and Environmental Control Drug Control at Edgefield: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Solicitor, (803) 785-8352, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Edgefield County Circuit Court, through the court records page at edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/clerk-of-court, phone 803-637-4080.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Edgefield County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Edgefield County: Edgefield, Johnston and Trenton.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Edgefield County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Edgefield County each year?
The Edgefield County Sheriff's Office reported 267 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2022, the latest year most of the agencies in Edgefield County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 347 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Edgefield County?
Ask the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office at (803) 637-4124; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Edgefield County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Edgefield 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 Edgefield County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Edgefield 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 Edgefield 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.