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 October 9, 2026.
Leesburg, Florida, in Lake County, has about 38,000 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 Lake 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: Leesburg public records, Lake County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Leesburg
The FBI lists Leesburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Leesburg Police Department. It reported 950 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 Lake County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lake County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Lake County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Lake County, the Lake County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Lake and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Lake County (state police).
How Many Arrests Leesburg 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.
- Leesburg: 950 for 2025, 925 for 2023 and 878 for 2022; 2024 is missing months.
Through August 2026, Leesburg reported 642 arrests, against 607 in the same months of 2025.
Across Lake County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,042 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Leesburg Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Leesburg 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 720 people on an average day, down from about 880 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 830 beds, and it ran at 101 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 Lake County Sheriff's Office at lcso.org/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search), phone 352-343-2101, 360 W. Ruby St. Tavares, FL 32778, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 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 Leesburg
An arrest in Leesburg can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Lake County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Lake County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lakecountyclerkfl.gov/departments/courts-management/court-data-reco..., phone 352-742-4100).
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 Leesburg
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 Leesburg police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at leesburgflorida.gov/my_city/departments/police/records_section/inde... (page title: Record Section), phone 352-728-9860, 115 E Magnolia St Leesburg, FL 34748, Monday from 11:00am to 4:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Lake County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 352-343-2101.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lake County Circuit Court, through the court records page at lakecountyclerkfl.gov, phone 352-742-4100.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lakecountyclerkfl.gov (page title: Public Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Lake County guide covers every agency in the county: Lake County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Leesburg each year?
Leesburg reported 950 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Leesburg?
Look on the custody page of the Lake County Sheriff's Office at lcso.org/inmate-search, or call 352-343-2101. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Leesburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lake County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Leesburg?
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 Leesburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Leesburg police for its own arrests, the Lake 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 lakecountyclerkfl.gov.
Is this the official Leesburg 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.