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.
Osceola County, Florida, has about 468,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Osceola 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 Osceola 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: Osceola County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Osceola County
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Osceola County. It reported 6,274 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
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:
- Kissimmee, 84,756 residents: 1,382 arrests reported for 2025.
- St. Cloud, 71,036 residents: 694 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 Osceola County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Osceola County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Osceola County, the Osceola County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Osceola and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Osceola County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Osceola 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.
- Kissimmee: 1,382 for 2025, 1,705 for 2024, 1,731 for 2023 and 1,521 for 2022.
- St. Cloud: 694 for 2025, 717 for 2024 and 826 for 2023.
- Osceola County Sheriff's Office: 6,274 for 2023 and 6,378 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,076 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,076 in 2025 against 2,422 in 2024, down 14 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,317 arrests, against 1,452 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Osceola County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Osceola 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 890 people on an average day, up from about 860 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,039 beds, and it ran at 68 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Osceola County
Whether someone was arrested in Osceola County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Osceola County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ninthcircuit.org/resources/case-query, phone 407-836-2380); the State Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at sao9.net, phone 407 836-2400).
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 Osceola 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 Osceola County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Kissimmee or St. Cloud: 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 Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Osceola County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Osceola County or the Osceola County Florida Game Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State Attorney, 407 836-2400, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Osceola County Circuit Court, through the court records page at ninthcircuit.org/resources/case-query, phone 407-836-2380.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at osceola.org (page title: Make a Public Records Request | Osceola County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Osceola County guides go further: warrants, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Osceola County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Osceola County: Kissimmee and St. Cloud.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Osceola County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Osceola County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Osceola County each year?
Kissimmee reported 1,382 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,076 between them.
Where are people arrested in Osceola County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Osceola 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 Osceola County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Osceola 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 osceola.org.
Is this the official Osceola 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.