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 4, 2026.
Putnam County, Florida, has about 77,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and seven 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 Putnam 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: Putnam County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Putnam County
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Putnam County. It reported 1,018 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Putnam County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Palatka, 10,867 residents: 473 arrests reported for 2025.
- Crescent City, 1,724 residents: 51 arrests reported for 2025.
- Interlachen, 1,508 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Welaka, 763 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2020.
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 Putnam County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Putnam County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Putnam County, the Putnam County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Putnam and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Putnam County (state police); the Putnam County School District (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Putnam 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.
- Interlachen: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Putnam County Sheriff's Office: 1,018 for 2025, 936 for 2024 and 702 for 2022; 2023 is missing months.
- Palatka: 473 for 2025, 450 for 2024, 470 for 2023 and 423 for 2022.
- Crescent City: 51 for 2025, 48 for 2024, 42 for 2023, 26 for 2022, 6 for 2020 and 32 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Welaka: 4 for 2020 and 5 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,694 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,694 in 2025 against 2,586 in 2024, up 4.2 percent.
Through August 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,734 arrests, against 1,808 in the same months of 2025.
Welaka reported only part of 2025 (7 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Putnam County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Putnam 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 400 people on an average day, up from about 340 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 422 beds, and it ran at 86 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office at smartweb.pcso.us/smartwebclient/jail.aspx (page title: JAIL View), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Putnam County
Whether someone was arrested in Putnam County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Putnam County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at putnamclerk.com).
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 Putnam 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 Putnam County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Palatka, Crescent City, Interlachen or Welaka: 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 Putnam County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Putnam County or the Putnam County Florida Game Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Putnam County Circuit Court, through the court records page at putnamclerk.com.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at voteputnamflorida.gov (page title: Putnam County, Florida | Supervisor of Elections).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Putnam County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Putnam County: Palatka, Crescent City, Interlachen and Welaka. Pomona Park has 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 Putnam County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Putnam County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Palatka (10,867)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Putnam County each year?
Interlachen reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,694 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Putnam County?
Look on the custody page of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office at smartweb.pcso.us/smartwebclient/jail.aspx. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Putnam County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Putnam 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 Putnam County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Putnam 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 voteputnamflorida.gov.
Is this the official Putnam 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.