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 26, 2026.
Thomaston, Georgia, in Upson County, has about 9,800 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 Upson 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: Thomaston public records, Upson County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Thomaston
The FBI lists Thomaston with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Thomaston Police Department. It reported 497 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 Upson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 296 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Upson County: the State Patrol at Highway Support Division, Thomaston and the State Patrol at Thomaston (state police).
How Many Arrests Thomaston 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.
- Thomaston: 497 for 2025, 578 for 2024, 558 for 2023 and 532 for 2022.
Thomaston's 497 arrests in 2025 were down 14 percent from 578 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Thomaston reported 312 arrests, against 299 in the same months of 2025.
Across Upson County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 793 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Thomaston Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Thomaston 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 140 people on an average day, up from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 220 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 Upson County Sheriff's Office at upsoncountyga.org/464/Office-of-the-Sheriff (page title: Office of the Sheriff | Upson County, GA), 235 Aviation Drive Thomaston, GA 30286, 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 Thomaston
An arrest in Thomaston can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Upson County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at upsoncountyga.org/186/Courts); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at upsoncountyga.org/166/District-Attorney, phone 770-716-4250).
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 Thomaston
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 Thomaston police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofthomaston.com/163/Police (page title: Police | Thomaston, GA), phone 706-647-5455, 1100 Barnesville Street Thomaston, GA 30286, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Upson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 770-716-4250, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Upson County Superior Court, through the court records page at upsoncountyga.org/186/Courts.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Upson County guide covers every agency in the county: Upson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Thomaston each year?
Thomaston reported 497 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Thomaston?
Ask the Upson County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at upsoncountyga.org/464/Office-of-the-Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Thomaston booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Upson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Thomaston?
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 Thomaston?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Thomaston police for its own arrests, the Upson County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Thomaston 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.