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 September 30, 2026.
Duval County, Florida, has about 1.1 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and 12 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 Duval 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: Duval County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Duval County
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Duval County. It reported 25,105 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Jacksonville Beach, 23,630 residents: 878 arrests reported for 2025.
- Atlantic Beach, 13,279 residents: 413 arrests reported for 2025.
- Neptune Beach, 7,032 residents: 273 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 Duval County: the Department of Law Enforcement at Duval County, Jacksonville, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in DeSoto County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Duval County, the Department of Insurance in Duval County and three more (state agency); the University of North Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville (campus police); the Jacksonville Aviation Authority and Duval County Schools (other); the Highway Patrol in Duval County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Duval 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.
- Jacksonville Sheriff's Office: 25,105 for 2025, 24,862 for 2024, 29,985 for 2023, 28,283 for 2022 and 26,667 for 2021.
- Jacksonville Beach: 878 for 2025.
- Atlantic Beach: 413 for 2025, 359 for 2024, 259 for 2023, 333 for 2022 and 266 for 2021.
- Neptune Beach: 273 for 2025, 232 for 2024, 188 for 2023 and 184 for 2022.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 26,669 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 25,791 in 2025 against 25,453 in 2024, up 1.3 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 14,970 arrests, against 18,341 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Duval County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Duval County 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 2,980 people on an average day, down from about 3,290 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 4,142 beds, and it ran at 91 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 Jacksonville Sheriff's Office at jaxsheriff.org (page title: www.jaxsheriff.org | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) Homepage), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Duval County
For Duval County the place to look is the case index of the Duval County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at duvalclerk.com/online-option/court-records, phone (904) 255-2000).
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 Duval 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 Jacksonville Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach or Neptune Beach: 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 Department of Law Enforcement at Duval County, Jacksonville, the University of North Florida or the Jacksonville Aviation Authority: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Duval County Circuit Court, through the court records page at duvalclerk.com/online-option/court-records, phone (904) 255-2000.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Duval County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Duval County: Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach. Jacksonville and Baldwin 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 Duval County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Duval County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Jacksonville Beach (23,630)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Duval County each year?
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reported 25,105 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 26,669 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Duval County?
Ask the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at jaxsheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Duval County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Duval 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 Duval County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jacksonville 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 Duval 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.