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.
Winder, Georgia, in Barrow County, has about 21,000 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 Barrow 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: Winder public records, Barrow County arrest records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Winder
The FBI lists Winder with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Winder Police Department. It reported 471 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 Barrow County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,625 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Winder 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.
- Winder: 471 for 2025, 585 for 2024, 430 for 2023, 348 for 2022 and 438 for 2021.
Winder's 471 arrests in 2025 were down 19 percent from 585 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Winder reported 223 arrests, against 280 in the same months of 2025.
Across Barrow County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,263 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Winder Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Winder 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 270 people on an average day, down from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 378 beds, and it is running at 72 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Barrow County Sheriff's Office at jail.barrowsheriff.com:8095/NewWorld.InmateInquiry/GA0070000 (page title: Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Winder
Whether someone was arrested in Winder, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Barrow County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Barrow County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at barrowga.org/499/Civil-Cases, phone 770-867-4800); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/barrow, phone 706-387-6288).
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 Winder
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 Winder police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofwinder.com/government/elected_officials_elections/city_clerk.php (page title: City Of Winder Georgia), phone (770) 867-3106, 25 E Midland Ave, Winder, GA 30680, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 706-387-6288, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Barrow County Superior Court, through the court records page at barrowga.org/499/Civil-Cases, phone 770-867-4800.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at barrowga.org/186/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Barrow County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The Barrow County guide covers every agency in the county: Barrow County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Winder each year?
Winder reported 471 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Winder?
Look on the custody page of the Barrow County Sheriff's Office at jail.barrowsheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Winder booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Winder?
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 Winder?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Winder police for its own arrests, the Barrow 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 barrowga.org/186/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Winder 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.