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 2024. 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 26, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Jasper, Georgia, in Pickens County, has about 5,300 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 Pickens 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: Jasper public records, Pickens County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Jasper
The FBI lists Jasper with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Jasper Police Department. It reported 119 arrests for 2024, 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 Pickens County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 722 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pickens County: Pickens County Board of Education (other).
How Many Arrests Jasper 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.
- Jasper: 119 for 2024, 125 for 2022 and 133 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
Across Pickens County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 643 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jasper Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Jasper 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 99 people on an average day, up from about 83 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 155 beds, and it is running at 64 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 Pickens County Sheriff's Office at pickensgasheriff.com (page title: Pickens County Georgia Sheriff's Office), phone 706-253-8900, 2985 Camp Road, Jasper, GA 30143, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Jasper
For Jasper the place to look is the case index of the Pickens County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pickenscountyga.gov/344/County-Clerk, phone 706-253-8802).
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 Jasper
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Jasper police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at jasper-ga.us/police.htm (page title: Jasper Police Department JPD), phone 706-692-6789, 55 GG Lovell Street Jasper, GA 30143, Monday-Friday 8 am to 5 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 706-253-8900.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pickens County Superior Court, through the court records page at pickenscountyga.gov/344/County-Clerk, phone 706-253-8802.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pickenscountyga.gov/164/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Pickens County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Pickens County guide covers every agency in the county: Pickens County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jasper each year?
Jasper reported 119 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jasper?
Ask the Pickens County Sheriff's Office at 706-253-8900; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pickensgasheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Jasper booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jasper?
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 Jasper?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jasper police for its own arrests, the Pickens 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 pickenscountyga.gov/164/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Jasper 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.