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.
Rome, Georgia, in Floyd County, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rome is held at the county jail, run by the Floyd County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Rome public records, Floyd County inmate search, Rome arrest records, Rome warrants, Rome criminal records, Rome court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Rome
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rome is held at the county jail, run by the Floyd County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Floyd County Sheriff's Office at floydsheriffga.gov/jail-detention (page title: Jail/ Detention | Floyd County Sheriff), phone 888-351-4024, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 888-351-4024.
The Floyd County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 520 people on an average day, down from about 640 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 755 beds, and it is running at 69 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Floyd County has about 101,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 51 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Floyd County Jail
The Floyd County Sheriff's Office, the Floyd County Police Department and the agency that reports for Rome (filed by the FBI as Rome Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Rome.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Floyd County: Berry College and Georgia Northwestern Technical College (campus police); the State Patrol at Rome (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Rome's 1,062 for 2025, the Floyd County Police Department's 698 for 2025 and the Floyd County Sheriff's Office's 55 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Floyd County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,828 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Rome arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Floyd County serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Rome?
Ask the Floyd County Sheriff's Office at 888-351-4024; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at floydsheriffga.gov/jail-detention.
How many people are in the Floyd County jail?
About 520 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 755 beds.
What is the phone number for the Floyd County jail?
888-351-4024, the number on the page of the Floyd County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Floyd County go?
To a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Is this the official Rome 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.