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 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Sacramento County, California, has about 1.6 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, seven city agencies and 21 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. 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: Sacramento County public records, California arrest records, California inmate search and California criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Sacramento County
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Sacramento County. It reported 9,933 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists seven cities in Sacramento County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Sacramento, 535,798 residents: 14,687 arrests reported for 2025.
- Elk Grove, 182,797 residents: 2,443 arrests reported for 2025.
- Folsom, 88,091 residents: 1,346 arrests reported for 2025.
- Citrus Heights, 86,909 residents: 2,483 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rancho Cordova, 84,113 residents: 2,087 arrests reported for 2025.
- Galt, 26,589 residents: 603 arrests reported for 2025.
- Isleton, 781 residents: 14 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.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sacramento County: the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Office of State Fire Marshal, California State Parks at Capital, California State Parks at Gold Fields, California State Fair and one more (state agency); Union Pacific Railroad in Sacramento County and the Twin Rivers Unified School District (other); Los Rios Community College, the University of California at Medical Center, Sacramento and California State University at Sacramento (campus police); the Highway Patrol in Sacramento County, the Highway Patrol's Valley Division, the Highway Patrol at Office of Internal Affairs, the Highway Patrol at Governor's Protective Detail Section and seven more (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Sacramento 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.
- Sacramento: 14,687 for 2025, 11,981 for 2024, 12,238 for 2023, 15,745 for 2022, 17,081 for 2020 and 19,320 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Sacramento County Sheriff's Office: 9,933 for 2025, 8,951 for 2024, 8,620 for 2023, 5,720 for 2022, 8,675 for 2020 and 14,156 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Citrus Heights: 2,483 for 2025, 2,385 for 2024, 1,455 for 2023, 1,135 for 2022, 2,458 for 2020 and 2,954 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Elk Grove: 2,443 for 2025, 2,110 for 2024, 2,422 for 2023, 1,486 for 2022, 1,803 for 2020 and 2,835 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Rancho Cordova: 2,087 for 2025, 1,679 for 2024, 1,449 for 2023, 943 for 2022, 1,725 for 2020 and 2,145 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Folsom: 1,346 for 2025, 1,383 for 2024, 1,158 for 2023, 1,337 for 2022, 1,793 for 2020 and 2,043 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Galt: 603 for 2025, 573 for 2024, 443 for 2023, 543 for 2022, 903 for 2020 and 1,078 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Isleton: 14 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 16 for 2022, 14 for 2020 and 2 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the eight agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 33,596 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 33,596 in 2025 against 29,080 in 2024, up 16 percent.
Through August 2026, the eight agencies with every month so far on file reported 22,180 arrests, against 22,163 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sacramento County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sacramento 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 2025 the jail held about 3,290 people, down from about 3,670 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 3,695 beds, and it ran at 84 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Sacramento County
Whether someone was arrested in Sacramento County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at saccourt.ca.gov/online-services/case-search); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sacda.org, phone 916.874.6218).
California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Sacramento 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 California Public Records Act the agency must answer within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.
- An arrest by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Sacramento, Elk Grove, Folsom, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Galt or another of the cities listed above: 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 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Office of State Fire Marshal, California State Parks at Capital or Union Pacific Railroad in Sacramento County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 916.874.6218, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, through the court records page at saccourt.ca.gov/online-services/case-search.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at saccounty.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
Cities in Sacramento County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the seven cities in Sacramento County: Sacramento, Elk Grove, Folsom, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Galt and Isleton.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Sacramento County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Folsom (88,091)
- Citrus Heights (86,909)
- Rancho Cordova (84,113)
- Galt (26,589)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sacramento County each year?
Sacramento reported 14,687 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the eight agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 33,596 between them.
Where are people arrested in Sacramento County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sacramento County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Sacramento County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at saccounty.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Sacramento 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.