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 September 28, 2026.
Sebastian, Florida, in Indian River County, has about 27,000 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 Indian River 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: Sebastian public records, Indian River County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Sebastian
The FBI lists Sebastian with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Sebastian Police Department. It reported 367 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 Indian River County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,224 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Indian River County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Indian River County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Indian River County, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Indian River County, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Indian River and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Indian River County (state police).
How Many Arrests Sebastian 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.
- Sebastian: 367 for 2025.
Through August 2026, Sebastian reported 272 arrests, against 243 in the same months of 2025.
Across Indian River County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,949 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Sebastian Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Sebastian and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 450 people on an average day, down from about 490 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 719 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Indian River County Sheriff's Office at ircsheriff.org (page title: Indian River County Sheriff's Office), phone 772-569-6700, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
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 Sebastian
For Sebastian the place to look is the State Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at indianriver.gov/services/county_attorney/index.php, phone (772) 226-1444).
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 Sebastian
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Sebastian police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofsebastian.org/353/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Sebastian, FL), phone (772) 589-5233, 1201 Main Street Sebastian, FL 32958, monitored Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Indian River County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 772-569-6700.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State Attorney, (772) 226-1444, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at indianriver.gov (page title: Indian River County FL.).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Indian River County guide covers every agency in the county: Indian River County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Sebastian each year?
Sebastian reported 367 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Sebastian?
Ask the Indian River County Sheriff's Office at 772-569-6700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ircsheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Sebastian booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Indian River County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Sebastian?
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 Sebastian?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Sebastian police for its own arrests, the Indian River 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 indianriver.gov.
Is this the official Sebastian 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.