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 between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Collier County, Florida, has about 416,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Collier County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and six 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 Collier 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: Collier County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Collier County
The Collier County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Collier County. It reported 6,069 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Naples, 20,168 residents.
- Marco Island, 16,554 residents: 39 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Collier County: the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Collier County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Collier County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Collier County, the Collier County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Collier County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Collier County
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.
- Collier County Sheriff's Office: 6,069 for 2025, 7,045 for 2024, 7,094 for 2023, 6,303 for 2022 and 5,451 for 2021.
- Marco Island: 39 for 2025, 76 for 2024, 103 for 2023, 138 for 2022 and 158 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,108 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,108 in 2025 against 7,121 in 2024, down 14 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,924 arrests, against 2,983 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Collier County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Collier 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 720 people on an average day, down from about 760 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,308 beds, and it ran at 58 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 Collier County Sheriff's Office at colliersheriff.org/how-do-i/find-out-who-s-in-jail (page title: Arrest and Warrant Search | Collier County, FL Sheriff), 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 Collier County
For Collier County the place to look is the case index of the Collier County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at collierclerk.com/records-search/court-reports, phone (239) 252-2646).
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 Collier County
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 Collier County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Naples or Marco Island: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Collier County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Collier County or the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Collier County: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Collier County Circuit Court, through the court records page at collierclerk.com/records-search/court-reports, phone (239) 252-2646.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at collier.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Collier County, FL).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Collier County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Collier County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Collier County: Naples and Marco Island. Everglades 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 Collier County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Collier County each year?
The Collier County Sheriff's Office reported 6,069 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 6,108 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Collier County?
Ask the Collier County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at colliersheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Collier County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Collier County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Collier 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 Collier County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Collier 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 collier.gov.
Is this the official Collier 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.