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.
Port St. Lucie, Florida, in St. Lucie County, has about 259,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Port St. Lucie is held at the county jail, run by the St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie
The county jail, run by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Port St. Lucie, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office at stluciesheriff.com/215/Inmate-Lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | St. Lucie Co Sheriff's Office, FL), 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 St. Lucie County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 1,230 people on an average day, up from about 1,100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,370 beds, and it ran at 103 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
St. Lucie County has about 391,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 32 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the St. Lucie County Jail
The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Port St. Lucie (filed by the FBI as Port St. Lucie Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Port St. Lucie.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in St. Lucie County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office's 3,175 for 2025, Port St. Lucie's 1,969 for 2025 and Fort Pierce's 1,157 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in St. Lucie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,301 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 Port St. Lucie arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Florida Department of Corrections lists its inmates at fdc.myflorida.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Port St. Lucie?
Look on the custody page of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office at stluciesheriff.com/215/Inmate-Lookup. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the St. Lucie County jail?
About 1,230 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 1,370 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in St. Lucie County go?
To a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
Is this the official Port St. Lucie 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.