Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
York County, South Carolina, has about 303,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from York County depends on where the incident happened: the York County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: York County public records, York County arrest records, York County warrants, York County inmate search, York County property records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from York County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In York County that is the York County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also places the Highway Patrol in York County in York County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments and five state agencies in York County, each with a records office of its own.
Reports from the York County Sheriff's Office
The York County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 342 violent and 1,529 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 2,213 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at inmatesinjail.yorkcountygov.com/detentioncenter/inmatesinjail.aspx (page title: York County Detention Center Inmates), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in York County
The five cities the FBI lists in York County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Rock Hill: 300 violent and 1,666 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,809 arrests reported for 2025. The Rock Hill police department's page is at cityofrockhill.com/departments/police-department, phone 803-329-7200 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Fort Mill: 12 violent and 207 property crimes reported for 2025; 159 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tega Cay: 11 violent and 90 property crimes reported for 2025; 177 arrests reported for 2025.
- York: 52 violent and 308 property crimes reported for 2025; 451 arrests reported for 2025.
- Clover: 10 violent and 52 property crimes reported for 2025; 188 arrests reported for 2025.
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.
How Many Reports: York County in 2025
The six agencies in York County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 727 violent and 3,852 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in York County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,997 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act Requires
Under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer a request 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. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in York County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the York 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.
How long does an agency in York County have to answer?
Under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, within 10 business days, or 20 for records more than two years old. It may charge search, retrieval and copying at the agency's actual cost.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in York County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the Highway Patrol in York County in York County.
How do I get a report from the York County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 York 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.