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 2025. 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 September 25, 2026.
Grovetown, Georgia, in Columbia County, has about 18,000 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 Columbia 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: Grovetown public records, Columbia County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Grovetown
The FBI lists Grovetown with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Grovetown Police Department. It reported 202 arrests for 2025. 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 Columbia County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,677 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Grovetown 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.
- Grovetown: 202 for 2025, 218 for 2024, 92 for 2023, 75 for 2022 and 121 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
Grovetown's 202 arrests in 2025 were down 7.3 percent from 218 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Grovetown reported 103 arrests, against 138 in the same months of 2025.
Across Columbia County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,879 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Grovetown Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Grovetown 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 370 people on an average day, up from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 360 beds, and it is running at 102 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 Columbia County Sheriff's Office at columbiacountyso.org/inmate-inquiry (page title: Inmate Inquiry | Inmate Custody Information by CCSO), phone 706-541-0754, 2273 County Camp Rd, Appling, GA 30802, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Grovetown
An arrest in Grovetown can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Columbia County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clerkofcourtcolumbia.com/court-case-info); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at columbiacountyga.gov/636/District-Attorney, phone 706.447.6792).
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 Grovetown
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 Grovetown police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofgrovetown.com/189/Records-and-Information (page title: Records and Information Requests | Grovetown, GA), phone 706-863-1212, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Columbia County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 706-541-0754.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 706.447.6792, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Columbia County Superior Court, through the court records page at clerkofcourtcolumbia.com/court-case-info.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at columbiacountyga.gov/305/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Columbia County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Columbia County guide covers every agency in the county: Columbia County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Grovetown each year?
Grovetown reported 202 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Grovetown?
Ask the Columbia County Sheriff's Office at 706-541-0754; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at columbiacountyso.org/inmate-inquiry.
Where are people arrested in Grovetown booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Columbia County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Grovetown?
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 Grovetown?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Grovetown police for its own arrests, the Columbia 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 columbiacountyga.gov/305/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Grovetown 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.