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.
High Springs, Florida, in Alachua County, has about 6,800 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 Alachua 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: High Springs public records, Alachua County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in High Springs
The FBI lists High Springs with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as High Springs Police Department. It reported 55 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 Alachua County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,094 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Alachua County: the University of Florida and Santa Fe College (campus police); the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Alachua County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Alachua County, the Alachua County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Alachua and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Alachua County (state police).
How Many Arrests High Springs 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.
- High Springs: 55 for 2025.
Across Alachua County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,312 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in High Springs Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in High Springs 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 880 people on an average day, up from about 720 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,155 beds, and it ran at 73 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 Alachua County Sheriff's Office at acso.us/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | ALACHUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in High Springs
Whether someone was arrested in High Springs, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Alachua County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at alachuacounty.us/Depts/Clerk/PublicRecords/pages/courtrecords.aspx).
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 High Springs
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 High Springs police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at highsprings.gov/police/page/records (page title: Records | High Springs, FL), phone 386-454-7319, 00 PM Address 23720 NW 187th Avenue High Springs, FL 32643, Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:00PM., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Alachua County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Alachua County Circuit Court, through the court records page at alachuacounty.us.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at alachuacounty.us (page title: County Attorney).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Alachua County guide covers every agency in the county: Alachua County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in High Springs each year?
High Springs reported 55 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in High Springs?
Look on the custody page of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office at acso.us/inmate-search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in High Springs booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Alachua County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in High Springs?
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 High Springs?
From the agency that made the arrest: the High Springs police for its own arrests, the Alachua 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 alachuacounty.us.
Is this the official High Springs 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.