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

Pinellas County, Florida, has about 966,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, 22 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 Pinellas 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: Pinellas County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Pinellas County

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pinellas County. It reported 7,021 arrests for 2025.

Arrests inside 22 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, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • St. Petersburg, 267,102 residents.
  • Clearwater, 116,811 residents: 4,382 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Largo, 82,337 residents: 2,271 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Pinellas Park, 53,503 residents.
  • Dunedin, 35,932 residents: 499 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Tarpon Springs, 26,168 residents: 455 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Seminole, 19,395 residents: 536 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Safety Harbor, 16,972 residents: 194 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Oldsmar, 14,831 residents: 256 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Gulfport, 11,645 residents: 182 arrests reported for 2025.
  • St. Pete Beach, 8,730 residents: 364 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Treasure Island, 6,524 residents: 128 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 Pinellas County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Pinellas County, the Department of Insurance in Pinellas County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Pinellas County, the Pinellas County Florida Game Commission and two more (state agency); St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (other); the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg (campus police); the Highway Patrol in Pinellas County (state police).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pinellas County

The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.

  • Pinellas County Sheriff's Office: 7,021 for 2025, 6,201 for 2024, 6,689 for 2023 and 5,194 for 2021; 2022 is missing months.
  • Clearwater: 4,382 for 2025 and 3,937 for 2024.
  • Largo: 2,271 for 2025, 2,277 for 2024, 2,246 for 2023 and 2,155 for 2022.
  • Seminole: 536 for 2025, 513 for 2024, 623 for 2023, 569 for 2022 and 468 for 2021.
  • Dunedin: 499 for 2025, 582 for 2024, 622 for 2023, 701 for 2022 and 618 for 2021.
  • Tarpon Springs: 455 for 2025, 586 for 2024, 617 for 2023, 559 for 2022 and 505 for 2021.
  • St. Pete Beach: 364 for 2025, 548 for 2024, 603 for 2023, 470 for 2022 and 299 for 2021.
  • Oldsmar: 256 for 2025, 345 for 2024, 256 for 2023, 211 for 2022 and 165 for 2021.
  • Madeira Beach: 204 for 2025, 323 for 2024, 242 for 2023, 286 for 2022 and 341 for 2021.
  • Safety Harbor: 194 for 2025, 175 for 2024, 187 for 2023, 460 for 2022 and 438 for 2021.
  • Gulfport: 182 for 2025, 200 for 2024, 199 for 2023, 200 for 2022 and 175 for 2021.
  • South Pasadena: 132 for 2025, 160 for 2024, 223 for 2023, 141 for 2022 and 85 for 2021.

Together, the 19 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 16,944 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 16,944 in 2025 against 16,452 in 2024, up 3 percent.

Through August 2026, the 17 agencies with every month so far on file reported 7,814 arrests, against 8,660 in the same months of 2025.

Redington Beach and North Redington Beach reported only part of 2025 (11 months and 10 months) and are left out of the totals.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Pinellas County Are Held

The county jail is where a person arrested in Pinellas 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 2,950 people on an average day, down from about 3,010 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,915 beds, and it ran at 99 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 Pinellas County Sheriff's Office at whosinjail.pinellassheriff.gov (page title: WhosInJailWebSite), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Pinellas County

For Pinellas County the place to look is the case index of the Pinellas County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courtrecords.mypinellasclerk.gov).

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 Pinellas County

An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Pinellas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Dunedin, Tarpon Springs 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 the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Pinellas County, St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport or the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg: the records office of the agency involved.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Pinellas County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courtrecords.mypinellasclerk.gov.
  • Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.

Cities in Pinellas County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 22 of the 24 cities in Pinellas County: the twelve named above and South Pasadena, Kenneth City, Belleair, Madeira Beach, Indian Rocks Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Beach, North Redington Beach, Redington Beach and Indian Shores. Redington Shores and Belleair Shore 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 Pinellas County Circuit Court.

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

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported 7,021 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 19 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 16,944 between them.

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

Ask the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at whosinjail.pinellassheriff.gov.

Where are people arrested in Pinellas County booked?

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

Are arrest records public in Pinellas 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 Pinellas County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Pinellas 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.

Is this the official Pinellas 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.