Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2024. 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 27, 2026.
Crestview, Florida, in Okaloosa County, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State Attorney files charges, a case in the Okaloosa County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Crestview public records, Okaloosa County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Crestview
The FBI lists Crestview with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Crestview Police Department. It reported 787 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Okaloosa County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Okaloosa County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Okaloosa County, the Okaloosa County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Okaloosa and one more (state agency); Northwest Florida State College (campus police); the Highway Patrol in Okaloosa County (state police).
How Many Arrests Crestview Reports
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.
- Crestview: 787 for 2024.
Across Okaloosa County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 503 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crestview Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crestview 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 24 people on an average day, down from about 750 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 594 beds, and it ran at 4 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org/pt1_type/okaloosa-county-jail (page title: Okaloosa County Jail Inmate Search, Visitation, Mugshots | Records Search), phone (850) 689-5690, 1200 East James Lee Boulevard Crestview, FL 32539, Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:40 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 27, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Florida Department of Corrections lists its inmates at fdc.myflorida.com.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Crestview
Whether someone was arrested in Crestview, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Okaloosa County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at okaloosaclerk.com/court-services/search-records, phone (850) 689-5000).
Florida is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24 a search, through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. 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 Crestview
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the agency must answer promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the copy fees set by statute, plus a special service charge for large requests.
- An arrest by the Crestview police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofcrestview.org/666/Public-Information (page title: Public Information | Crestview, FL), phone (850) 682-2055, 201 Stillwell Blvd Crestview, FL 32539, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (850) 689-5690.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Okaloosa County Circuit Court, through the court records page at okaloosaclerk.com, phone (850) 689-5000.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff-okaloosa.org (page title: Public Records Requests | Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Okaloosa County guide covers every agency in the county: Okaloosa County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crestview each year?
Crestview reported 787 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crestview?
Look on the custody page of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org, or call (850) 689-5690. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Crestview booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crestview?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Crestview?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crestview police for its own arrests, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the answer is due promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff-okaloosa.org.
Is this the official Crestview website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.