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 October 9, 2026.
Milton, Florida, in Santa Rosa County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Milton is held at the county jail, run by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Milton
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Milton is held at the county jail, run by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office at santarosasheriff.org/jail-view (page title: Jail View | Jail Database | Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Santa Rosa County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 640 people on an average day, down from about 700 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 810 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Santa Rosa County has about 208,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 31 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Santa Rosa County Jail
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Milton (filed by the FBI as Milton Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Milton.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Santa Rosa County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office's 2,751 for 2025, Gulf Breeze's 413 for 2024 and Jay's 3 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies in Santa Rosa County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 3,598 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Milton arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Santa Rosa County serves the sentence in a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Milton?
Look on the custody page of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office at santarosasheriff.org/jail-view. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Santa Rosa County jail?
About 640 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 810 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Santa Rosa County go?
To a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
Is this the official Milton 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.