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 2, 2026.
Wakulla County, Florida, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office 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 Wakulla 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: Wakulla County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wakulla County
The Wakulla County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wakulla County. It reported 546 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Wakulla County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Wakulla County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Wakulla County, the Wakulla County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Wakulla County and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Wakulla County (state police).
How Many Arrests The Wakulla 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.
- Wakulla County Sheriff's Office: 546 for 2025 and 529 for 2024.
The Wakulla County Sheriff's Office's 546 arrests in 2025 were up 3.2 percent from 529 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Wakulla County Sheriff's Office reported 295 arrests, against 380 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wakulla County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Wakulla 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 91 people on an average day, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 350 beds, and it ran at 28 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 Wakulla County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org/pt1_type/wakulla-county-jail (page title: Wakulla County Jail Inmate Search, Visitation, Mugshots | Records Search), phone (850) 745-7100, 15 Oak St, Crawfordville, FL 32327, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 27, 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 Wakulla County
Whether someone was arrested in Wakulla County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Wakulla County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at flcourts.gov/Florida-Courts/Court-Locations/First-District/Wakulla).
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 Wakulla 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 Wakulla County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (850) 745-7100.
- An arrest by the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Wakulla County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Wakulla County or the Wakulla County Florida Game Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wakulla County Circuit Court, through the court records page at flcourts.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mywakulla.com (page title: Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Wakulla County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Wakulla County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Wakulla County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wakulla County each year?
The Wakulla County Sheriff's Office reported 546 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wakulla County?
Look on the custody page of the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org, or call (850) 745-7100. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Wakulla County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wakulla 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 Wakulla County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wakulla 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 mywakulla.com.
Is this the official Wakulla 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.