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.
Seminole County, Florida, has about 495,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, seven 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 Seminole 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: Seminole County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Seminole County
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Seminole County. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists seven cities in Seminole County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population:
- Sanford, 66,919 residents.
- Altamonte Springs, 47,261 residents.
- Oviedo, 41,901 residents.
- Winter Springs, 39,822 residents.
- Casselberry, 31,650 residents.
- Longwood, 17,089 residents.
- Lake Mary, 16,989 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 Seminole County: the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Seminole County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Seminole County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Seminole County, the Seminole County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); Sanford Airport (other); the Highway Patrol in Seminole County (state police).
How Many Arrests The Seminole County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Seminole County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 4,057 for 2020 and 6,453 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Seminole County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Seminole 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 860 people on an average day, down from about 930 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,384 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Seminole County Sheriff's Office at seminolecosheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Seminole County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Seminole County
An arrest in Seminole County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Seminole County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at seminoleclerk.org/public-records-online).
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 Seminole 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 Seminole County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Casselberry, Longwood 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 Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Seminole County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Seminole County or Sanford Airport: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Seminole County Circuit Court, through the court records page at seminoleclerk.org/public-records-online.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at seminolecountyfl.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Seminole County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Seminole County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the seven cities in Seminole County: Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Casselberry, Longwood and Lake Mary.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Seminole County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Seminole County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Sanford (66,919)
- Oviedo (41,901)
- Casselberry (31,650)
- Longwood (17,089)
- Lake Mary (16,989)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Seminole County each year?
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Seminole County?
Look on the custody page of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office at seminolecosheriff.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Seminole County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Seminole 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 Seminole County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Seminole 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 seminolecountyfl.gov.
Is this the official Seminole 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.