SearchSystems Editorial

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.

About this guide

Palm Beach County, Florida, has about 1.6 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, 34 city agencies and nine 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 Palm Beach 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: Palm Beach County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Palm Beach County

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Palm Beach County.

The FBI lists 33 cities in Palm Beach 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:

  • West Palm Beach, 127,744 residents: 2,898 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Boca Raton, 102,238 residents: 1,191 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Boynton Beach, 83,095 residents: 2,040 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Delray Beach, 70,140 residents: 1,328 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Palm Beach Gardens, 63,284 residents: 769 arrests reported for 2024.
  • Wellington, 63,258 residents.
  • Jupiter, 62,987 residents: 845 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Greenacres, 45,197 residents.
  • Lake Worth Beach, 44,417 residents.
  • Royal Palm Beach, 41,948 residents.
  • Riviera Beach, 39,620 residents.
  • Palm Springs, 28,548 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 Palm Beach County: Florida Atlantic University (campus police); the Palm Beach County School District (other); the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Palm Beach County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Palm Beach County, the Department of Insurance in Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Florida Game Commission and two more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Palm Beach County (state police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Palm Beach 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.

  • West Palm Beach: 2,898 for 2025, 2,684 for 2024, 2,577 for 2023, 2,310 for 2022 and 1,801 for 2021.
  • Boca Raton: 1,191 for 2025, 1,239 for 2024, 1,153 for 2023 and 1,227 for 2022.
  • Jupiter: 845 for 2025.
  • Palm Beach: 588 for 2025, 164 for 2024, 167 for 2023 and 100 for 2022.
  • North Palm Beach: 132 for 2025, 137 for 2024 and 109 for 2021; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
  • Juno Beach: 48 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 49 for 2023, 31 for 2022, 35 for 2020 and 35 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Tequesta: 35 for 2025, 38 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 48 for 2020.
  • Atlantis: 32 for 2025, 23 for 2024, 100 for 2020 and 204 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
  • Jupiter Inlet Colony: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2020 and 1 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
  • South Palm Beach: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 1 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Westlake: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 5 for 2020 and 2 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Boynton Beach: 2,040 for 2024.

Together, the 11 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,769 arrests that year. The nine of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 4,336 in 2025 against 4,153 in 2024, up 4.4 percent.

Palm Beach Gardens, Boynton Beach and Delray Beach reported only part of 2025 (10 months, 10 months and 11 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Palm Beach County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Palm Beach 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 2,590 people on an average day, up from about 1,770 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 3,164 beds, and it ran at 64 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 Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at pbso.org/arrest-jail_menu (page title: Arrest & Jail | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office), phone (561) 688-3000, 3228 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406, 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 Palm Beach County

For Palm Beach County the place to look is the case index of the Palm Beach County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mypalmbeachclerk.com/records/court-records, phone (561) 355-2996).

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 Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (561) 688-3000.
  • An arrest in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington 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 Florida Atlantic University, the Palm Beach County School District or the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Palm Beach County: the records office of the agency involved.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Palm Beach County Circuit Court, through the court records page at mypalmbeachclerk.com/records/court-records, phone (561) 355-2996.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pbcpao.gov/public-records-requests.htm (page title: Public Records Requests).
  • Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.

Cities in Palm Beach County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 33 of the 39 cities in Palm Beach County: the twelve named above and Belle Glade, North Palm Beach, Lantana, Palm Beach, Lake Park, Westlake, Tequesta, Pahokee, South Bay, Highland Beach, Juno Beach, Lake Clarke Shores, Hypoluxo, Mangonia Park, Atlantis, Ocean Ridge, South Palm Beach, Palm Beach Shores, Gulf Stream, Jupiter Inlet Colony and Manalapan. Loxahatchee Groves, Haverhill, Briny Breezes, Golf, Glen Ridge and Cloud Lake have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Loxatachee Groves Police Department as a city agency in Palm Beach County; Loxatachee Groves is not among the cities above.

Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Palm Beach County Circuit Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County each year?

West Palm Beach reported 2,898 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 11 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 5,769 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Palm Beach County?

Ask the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at (561) 688-3000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pbso.org/arrest-jail_menu.

Where are people arrested in Palm Beach County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Palm Beach 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 pbcpao.gov/public-records-requests.htm.

Is this the official Palm Beach 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.