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.
Pasco County, Florida, has about 659,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, four 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 Pasco 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: Pasco County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pasco County
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pasco County. It reported 10,442 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four 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:
- Zephyrhills, 22,304 residents: 442 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Port Richey, 18,130 residents.
- Dade City, 9,662 residents: 342 arrests reported for 2025.
- Port Richey, 3,637 residents: 235 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 Pasco County: the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Pasco County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Pasco County, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Pasco County, the Pasco County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Pasco County (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pasco 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.
- Pasco County Sheriff's Office: 10,442 for 2025, 7,178 for 2024, 5,944 for 2023 and 5,867 for 2022.
- Zephyrhills: 442 for 2025.
- Dade City: 342 for 2025.
- Port Richey: 235 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,461 arrests that year.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 8,521 arrests, against 7,654 in the same months of 2025.
New Port Richey reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pasco County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pasco 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 1,570 people on an average day, down from about 1,730 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,432 beds, and it ran at 107 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 Pasco County Sheriff's Office at pascocountyfl.gov/inmate_services/index.php (page title: Inmate Services), phone 727.847.8102, 20101 Central Blvd Land O' Lakes, FL 34637, Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm, 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 Pasco County
An arrest in Pasco County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Pasco County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pascoclerk.com/587/Search-Records); the State Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at flsa6.gov, phone (727) 464-6221).
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 Pasco 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 Pasco County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 727.847.8102.
- An arrest in Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Dade City or Port Richey: 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 Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Pasco County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Pasco County or the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Pasco County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State Attorney, (727) 464-6221, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pasco County Circuit Court, through the court records page at pascoclerk.com/587/Search-Records.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pascocountyfl.gov (page title: Public Records).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Pasco County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Pasco County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Pasco County: Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Dade City and Port Richey. St. Leo and San Antonio 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 Pasco County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Pasco County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Zephyrhills (22,304)
- Dade City (9,662)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pasco County each year?
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported 10,442 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 11,461 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pasco County?
Ask the Pasco County Sheriff's Office at 727.847.8102; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pascocountyfl.gov/inmate_services/index.php.
Where are people arrested in Pasco County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pasco 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 Pasco County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pasco 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 pascocountyfl.gov.
Is this the official Pasco 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.