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 2024. 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 on October 2, 2026.
Stuart, Florida, in Martin County, has about 20,000 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 Martin 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: Stuart public records, Martin County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Stuart
The FBI lists Stuart with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Stuart Police Department. It reported 375 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year. 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 Martin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 153 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Martin County: the Highway Patrol in Martin County (state police); the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Martin, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Martin County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Martin County, the Martin County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency).
How Many Arrests Stuart 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.
- Stuart: 375 for 2024, 347 for 2023 and 363 for 2022.
Stuart's 375 arrests in 2024 were up 8.1 percent from 347 in 2023.
Across Martin County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 571 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stuart Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Stuart 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 610 people on an average day, up from about 440 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 696 beds, and it ran at 63 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Stuart
For Stuart the place to look is the case index of the Martin County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at martinclerk.com/226/Court-Records, phone 772-223-7917).
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 Stuart
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 agency that reports for Stuart: its own records unit.
- An arrest by the Martin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Martin County Circuit Court, through the court records page at martinclerk.com/226/Court-Records, phone 772-223-7917.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at martin.fl.us/PRR (page title: Make a Public Records Request | Martin County Florida).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Martin County guide covers every agency in the county: Martin County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stuart each year?
Stuart reported 375 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Stuart booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Martin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stuart?
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 Stuart?
From the agency that made the arrest: the agency that reports for Stuart for its own arrests, the Martin 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 martin.fl.us/PRR.
Is this the official Stuart 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.