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 September 25, 2026.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in Volusia County, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in New Smyrna Beach is held at the county jail, run by the Volusia 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 New Smyrna Beach
A person kept in custody after an arrest in New Smyrna Beach is held at the county jail, run by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office at volusiamug.vcgov.org/Details.aspx?InmateRID=523629 (page title: Inmate Information), 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 Volusia County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,130 people on an average day, down from about 1,370 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,494 beds, and it ran at 92 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Volusia County has about 603,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Volusia County Jail
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Smyrna Beach (filed by the FBI as New Smyrna Beach Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around New Smyrna Beach.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, five state agencies and one state police unit in Volusia County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Flagler Beach Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Volusia County, so its arrests are not broken out for Volusia County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Oak Hill's 1,152 for 2025 and the Volusia County Sheriff's Office's 78 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Volusia County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 1,132 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 New Smyrna Beach 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 Volusia 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 New Smyrna Beach?
Look on the custody page of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office at volusiamug.vcgov.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Volusia County jail?
About 1,130 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,494 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Volusia County go?
To a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
Is this the official New Smyrna Beach 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.