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 on September 23, 2026.
Brevard County, Florida, has about 658,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, 12 city agencies and seven campus, state or other agencies. An arrest 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 each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Brevard County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Brevard County
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Brevard County. It reported 6,970 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists 12 cities in Brevard County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Palm Bay, 142,023 residents: 2,341 arrests reported for 2025.
- Melbourne, 87,561 residents: 1,707 arrests reported for 2025.
- Titusville, 49,883 residents: 933 arrests reported for 2024.
- Rockledge, 31,429 residents.
- West Melbourne, 31,378 residents.
- Cocoa, 19,909 residents: 750 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cocoa Beach, 11,386 residents.
- Satellite Beach, 11,367 residents: 97 arrests reported for 2024.
- Indian Harbour Beach, 9,006 residents: 108 arrests reported for 2025.
- Melbourne Beach, 3,273 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2022.
- Indialantic, 3,117 residents.
- Melbourne Village, 683 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
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 Each Agency Reports in Brevard County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Brevard County Sheriff's Office: 6,970 for 2024.
- Palm Bay: 2,341 for 2025, 2,368 for 2024, 2,354 for 2023, 1,921 for 2022 and 1,590 for 2021.
- Titusville: 933 for 2024.
- Cocoa: 750 for 2025 and 814 for 2024.
- Satellite Beach: 97 for 2024 and 103 for 2023.
- Indian Harbour Beach: 108 for 2025, 76 for 2024 and 89 for 2023.
- Melbourne: 1,707 for 2025.
- Melbourne Beach: 0 for 2022, 59 for 2020 and 31 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 11,258 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 2,541 in 2024 against 2,546 in 2023, down 0.2 percent.
Melbourne, Melbourne Beach and West Melbourne reported only part of 2024 (1 month, 1 month and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Brevard County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brevard County 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 Brevard County
For Brevard County the place to look is 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).
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 Brevard County
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 Brevard County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (321) 690-1500.
- An arrest in Palm Bay, Melbourne, Titusville, Rockledge, West Melbourne, Cocoa or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Melbourne International Airport, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Brevard County or the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Brevard County: the records office of the agency involved.
- 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.
Cities in Brevard County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 12 of the 16 cities in Brevard County: Palm Bay, Melbourne, Titusville, Rockledge, West Melbourne, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic and Melbourne Village. Cape Canaveral, Grant-Valkaria, Malabar and Palm Shores have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Brevard County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Brevard County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Palm Bay (142,023)
- Melbourne (87,561)
- Titusville (49,883)
- Rockledge (31,429)
- West Melbourne (31,378)
- Cocoa (19,909)
- Cocoa Beach (11,386)
- Cape Canaveral (10,014)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Brevard County each year?
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office reported 6,970 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the six agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 11,258 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Brevard County?
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 Brevard County 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 Brevard County?
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 Brevard County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Brevard County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Brevard County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.