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.
Broward County, Florida, has about 2.0 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, 30 city agencies and ten 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 Broward 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: Broward County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Broward County
The Broward County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Broward County.
The FBI lists 30 cities in Broward County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:
- Fort Lauderdale, 190,641 residents: 2,432 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pembroke Pines, 179,326 residents: 806 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hollywood, 159,073 residents.
- Miramar, 143,242 residents: 672 arrests reported for 2023.
- Coral Springs, 140,808 residents: 1,601 arrests reported for 2023.
- Pompano Beach, 118,104 residents.
- Davie, 112,052 residents: 649 arrests reported for 2023.
- Plantation, 100,694 residents.
- Sunrise, 100,128 residents.
- Deerfield Beach, 90,507 residents.
- Lauderhill, 76,627 residents.
- Tamarac, 75,147 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 Broward County: the Fort Lauderdale Airport Police, Broward County Schools and the Port Everglades Police Department (other); the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Broward County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Broward County, the Department of Insurance in Broward County, the Broward County Florida Game Commission and two more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Broward County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Broward 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.
- Fort Lauderdale: 2,432 for 2025, 2,104 for 2024 and 1,669 for 2023.
- Coral Springs: 1,601 for 2023 and 945 for 2022.
- Miramar: 672 for 2023, 542 for 2022 and 512 for 2021.
- Davie: 649 for 2023 and 690 for 2022.
- Hillsboro Beach: 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 22 for 2020 and 21 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Pembroke Pines: 806 for 2025.
- Pembroke Park: 132 for 2020 and 289 for 2019.
- Southwest Ranches: 14 for 2022, 81 for 2020 and 99 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 4,591 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 1,321 in 2023 against 1,232 in 2022, up 7.2 percent.
Southwest Ranches reported only part of 2023 (5 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Broward County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Broward 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 4,070 people on an average day, up from about 3,710 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 5,144 beds, and it ran at 68 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 Broward County Sheriff's Office at apps.sheriff.org/ArrestSearch (page title: Arrest Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Broward County
For Broward County the place to look is the case index of the Broward County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at browardclerk.org/web2, phone (954) 831-6565).
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 Broward 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 Broward County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach 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 the Fort Lauderdale Airport Police, Broward County Schools or the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Broward County: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Broward County Circuit Court, through the court records page at browardclerk.org/web2, phone (954) 831-6565.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Broward County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 30 of the 31 cities in Broward County: the twelve named above and Weston, Margate, Coconut Creek, North Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Hallandale Beach, Parkland, Lauderdale Lakes, Cooper City, Dania Beach, West Park, Wilton Manors, Lighthouse Point, Southwest Ranches, Pembroke Park, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Hillsboro Beach and Sea Ranch Lakes. Lazy Lake has 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 Broward County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Broward County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Pembroke Pines (179,326)
- Hollywood (159,073)
- Miramar (143,242)
- Coral Springs (140,808)
- Pompano Beach (118,104)
- Davie (112,052)
- Plantation (100,694)
- Sunrise (100,128)
- Deerfield Beach (90,507)
- Lauderhill (76,627)
- Tamarac (75,147)
- Weston (70,674)
- Margate (60,650)
- Coconut Creek (59,721)
- North Lauderdale (46,335)
- Oakland Park (45,771)
- Parkland (39,700)
- Lauderdale Lakes (37,333)
- West Park (15,641)
- Wilton Manors (11,788)
- Lighthouse Point (10,878)
- Pembroke Park (6,544)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Broward County each year?
Fort Lauderdale reported 2,432 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Broward County sent in full, the five with every month on file reported 4,591 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Broward County?
Ask the Broward County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at apps.sheriff.org/ArrestSearch.
Where are people arrested in Broward County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Broward County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Broward 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 Broward County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Broward 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.
Is this the official Broward 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.