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 28, 2026.
St. Marys, Georgia, in Camden County, has about 20,000 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 Camden 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: St. Marys public records, Camden County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in St. Marys
The FBI lists St. Marys with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as St. Marys Police Department. It reported 638 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 Camden County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 716 arrests for 2024.
How Many Arrests St. Marys 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.
- St. Marys: 638 for 2025, 578 for 2024 and 430 for 2023.
St. Marys's 638 arrests in 2025 were up 10 percent from 578 in 2024.
Through May 2026, St. Marys reported 193 arrests, against 295 in the same months of 2025.
Across Camden County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,349 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in St. Marys Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. Marys is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 150 people on an average day, up from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 194 beds, and it is running at 79 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 Camden County Sheriff's Office at camdensheriff.org (page title: Camden County Sheriff, GA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 St. Marys
For St. Marys the place to look is the case index of the Camden County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at camdencountyga.gov/1293/Criminal-Court, phone (912) 576-3704).
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 St. Marys
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 St. Marys police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at stmarysga.gov/departments/city_clerk/open_meetings_open_records_tra... (page title: City of St. Marys, GA), phone (912) 510-4039, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Camden County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Camden County Superior Court, through the court records page at camdencountyga.gov/1293/Criminal-Court, phone (912) 576-3704.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at camdencountyga.gov/1155/Open-Records-Requests (page title: Open Records Requests | Camden County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Camden County guide covers every agency in the county: Camden County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in St. Marys each year?
St. Marys reported 638 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in St. Marys?
Ask the Camden County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at camdensheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in St. Marys booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Camden County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in St. Marys?
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 St. Marys?
From the agency that made the arrest: the St. Marys police for its own arrests, the Camden 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 camdencountyga.gov/1155/Open-Records-Requests.
Is this the official St. Marys 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.