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.
Westlake, Florida, in Palm Beach County, has about 7,700 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 Palm Beach 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: Westlake public records, Palm Beach County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Westlake
The FBI lists Westlake with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Westlake Police Department. It reported 0 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 Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Palm Beach County: Florida Atlantic University (campus police); the Palm Beach County School District (other); the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Palm Beach County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Palm Beach County, the Department of Insurance in Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Florida Game Commission and two more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Palm Beach County (state police).
How Many Arrests Westlake 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.
- Westlake: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 5 for 2020 and 2 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Across Palm Beach County, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,769 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Westlake Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Westlake 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 2,590 people on an average day, up from about 1,770 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 3,164 beds, and it ran at 64 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 Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at pbso.org/arrest-jail_menu (page title: Arrest & Jail | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office), phone (561) 688-3000, 3228 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406, 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 Westlake
Whether someone was arrested in Westlake, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Palm Beach County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mypalmbeachclerk.com/records/court-records, phone (561) 355-2996); the State Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sa15.org, phone 561-355-7100).
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 Westlake
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 Westlake police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at westlakegov.com/cityclerk/webform/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | City of Westlake, Florida), phone (561) 530-5880, 4001 Seminole Pratt Whitney Road Westlake, FL 33470, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (561) 688-3000.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State Attorney, 561-355-7100, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Palm Beach County Circuit Court, through the court records page at mypalmbeachclerk.com/records/court-records, phone (561) 355-2996.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pbcpao.gov/public-records-requests.htm (page title: Public Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Palm Beach County guide covers every agency in the county: Palm Beach County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Westlake each year?
Westlake reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Westlake?
Ask the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at (561) 688-3000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pbso.org/arrest-jail_menu.
Where are people arrested in Westlake booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Westlake?
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 Westlake?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Westlake police for its own arrests, the Palm Beach 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 pbcpao.gov/public-records-requests.htm.
Is this the official Westlake 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.