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.
Marlboro County, South Carolina, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Marlboro 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 Marlboro 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: Marlboro County public records, South Carolina arrest records, South Carolina inmate search and South Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Marlboro County
The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Marlboro County. It reported 439 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:
- Bennettsville, 7,595 residents: 222 arrests reported for 2024.
- McColl, 1,976 residents: 63 arrests reported for 2023.
- Clio, 574 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Marlboro County: Marlboro County South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Department of Natural Resources in Marlboro County, the Marlboro County State Transport Police, the Department of Health and Environmental Control Drug Control in Marlboro County and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Marlboro County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Marlboro County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Marlboro County Sheriff's Office: 439 for 2025, 392 for 2024, 423 for 2023, 409 for 2022 and 349 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Bennettsville: 222 for 2024, 272 for 2023, 257 for 2021, 345 for 2020 and 487 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Clio: 6 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 14 for 2022 and 18 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- McColl: 63 for 2023, 112 for 2021 and 91 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 620 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 620 in 2024 against 700 in 2023, down 11 percent.
McColl reported only part of 2024 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marlboro County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Marlboro 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 2019 the jail held about 48 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 49 beds, and it ran at 98 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 Marlboro County
For Marlboro County the place to look is the case index of the Marlboro County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sccourts.org/courts/courthouse-search/marlboro, phone (843) 479-5615).
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 Marlboro County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Marlboro County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Bennettsville, McColl or Clio: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Marlboro County South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Department of Natural Resources in Marlboro County or the Highway Patrol in Marlboro County: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Marlboro County Circuit Court, through the court records page at sccourts.org, phone (843) 479-5615.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Marlboro County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Marlboro County: Bennettsville, McColl and Clio. Blenheim and Tatum 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 Marlboro County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Marlboro County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Bennettsville (7,595)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marlboro County each year?
The Marlboro County Sheriff's Office reported 439 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Marlboro County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 620 between them.
Where are people arrested in Marlboro County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Marlboro County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marlboro 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 Marlboro County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marlboro 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 Marlboro 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.