Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2022. 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 1, 2026.
Fort Valley, Georgia, in Peach County, has about 9,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Peach County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Fort Valley public records, Peach County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fort Valley
The FBI lists Fort Valley with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fort Valley Police Department. It reported 224 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Peach County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 576 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Peach County: Fort Valley State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Fort Valley Reports
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.
- Fort Valley: 224 for 2022, 295 for 2021 and 272 for 2020.
Fort Valley's 224 arrests in 2022 were down 24 percent from 295 in 2021.
Across Peach County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 707 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fort Valley Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fort Valley 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 120 people on an average day, up from about 94 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 125 beds, and it is running at 93 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Peach County Sheriff's Office at peachcountysheriff.com/sheriffs-office-divisions.cfm (page title: Sheriff's Office | Peach County Sheriff), phone 478-825-8269, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Georgia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fort Valley
Whether someone was arrested in Fort Valley, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Peach County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/peach, phone 478-621-6427).
Georgia is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name, through the Georgia Crime Information Center. 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 Fort Valley
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 Georgia Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Fort Valley police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at fortvalleyga.org/department/police-department (page title: Police Department | City of Fort Valley, GA), phone (478) 825-8261, 204 West Church St. Fort Valley, GA 31030, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Peach County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 478-825-8269.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 478-621-6427, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Peach County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at peachcounty.gov (page title: Open Records Request | Peach County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Peach County guide covers every agency in the county: Peach County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fort Valley each year?
Fort Valley reported 224 arrests to the FBI for 2022, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Fort Valley?
Ask the Peach County Sheriff's Office at 478-825-8269; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at peachcountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Fort Valley booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Peach County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fort Valley?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Georgia Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Fort Valley?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fort Valley police for its own arrests, the Peach County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at peachcounty.gov.
Is this the official Fort Valley website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.