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.
Palm Bay, Florida, in Brevard County, has about 142,000 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 Brevard 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: Palm Bay public records, Brevard County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Palm Bay
The FBI lists Palm Bay with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Palm Bay Police Department. It reported 2,341 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 Brevard County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 6,970 arrests for 2024.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Brevard County: Melbourne International Airport (other); the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Brevard County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Brevard County, the Brevard County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Brevard and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Brevard County (state police).
How Many Arrests Palm Bay 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.
- Palm Bay: 2,341 for 2025, 2,368 for 2024, 2,354 for 2023, 1,921 for 2022 and 1,590 for 2021.
Palm Bay's 2,341 arrests in 2025 were down 1.1 percent from 2,368 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Palm Bay reported 1,643 arrests, against 1,520 in the same months of 2025.
Across Brevard County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 11,258 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Palm Bay Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Palm Bay 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 1,490 people on an average day, down from about 1,680 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,849 beds, and it ran at 79 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 Brevard County Sheriff's Office at brevardsheriff.com/jail-complex (page title: Jail Complex | BCSO), phone (321) 690-1500, 700 Park Ave., Titusville FL 32780, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Palm Bay
Whether someone was arrested in Palm Bay, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Brevard County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at brevardclerk.us/case-search); the State Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sa18.org).
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 Palm Bay
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 Palm Bay police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at palmbayfl.gov/Home/Components/ServiceDirectory/ServiceDirectory/86/7 (page title: Police Records | I Want to... | City of Palm Bay, FL), phone 321-952-3420, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (321) 690-1500.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Brevard County Circuit Court, through the court records page at brevardclerk.us/case-search.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at brevardclerk.us/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Public Records Search | Brevard County, Florida | Clerk of the Court).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Brevard County guide covers every agency in the county: Brevard County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Palm Bay each year?
Palm Bay reported 2,341 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Palm Bay?
Ask the Brevard County Sheriff's Office at (321) 690-1500; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at brevardsheriff.com/jail-complex.
Where are people arrested in Palm Bay booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Palm Bay?
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 Palm Bay?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Palm Bay police for its own arrests, the Brevard 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 brevardclerk.us/public-records-requests.
Is this the official Palm Bay 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.