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 2025. 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 26, 2026.
Dade City, Florida, in Pasco County, has about 9,700 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 Pasco 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: Dade City public records, Pasco County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Dade City
The FBI lists Dade City with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Dade City Police Department. It reported 342 arrests for 2025. 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 Pasco County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 10,442 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pasco County: the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Pasco County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Pasco County, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Pasco County, the Pasco County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Pasco County (state police).
How Many Arrests Dade City Reports
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.
- Dade City: 342 for 2025.
Through August 2026, Dade City reported 257 arrests, against 232 in the same months of 2025.
Across Pasco County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,461 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Dade City Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Dade City 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,570 people on an average day, down from about 1,730 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,432 beds, and it ran at 107 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 Pasco County Sheriff's Office at pascocountyfl.gov/inmate_services/index.php (page title: Inmate Services), phone 727.847.8102, 20101 Central Blvd Land O' Lakes, FL 34637, Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Dade City
For Dade City the place to look is the case index of the Pasco County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pascoclerk.com/587/Search-Records).
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 Dade City
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 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 Dade City police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at dadecityfl.com/our_government/departments/police_department/divisio... (page title: Welcome to Dade City, FL), phone (352) 521-1495, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 727.847.8102.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pasco County Circuit Court, through the court records page at pascoclerk.com/587/Search-Records.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pascocountyfl.gov (page title: Public Records).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Pasco County guide covers every agency in the county: Pasco County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Dade City each year?
Dade City reported 342 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Dade City?
Ask the Pasco County Sheriff's Office at 727.847.8102; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pascocountyfl.gov/inmate_services/index.php.
Where are people arrested in Dade City booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Dade City?
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 Dade City?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Dade City police for its own arrests, the Pasco 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 pascocountyfl.gov.
Is this the official Dade City 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.