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 on September 23, 2026.
Appling County, Georgia, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Appling County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one other agency. An arrest 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 Appling County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Appling County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Appling County
The Appling County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Appling County. It reported 614 arrests for 2019, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Baxley, 4,943 residents: 187 arrests reported for 2025.
- Graham, 269 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Appling County: Appling County Board of Education (other).
How Many Arrests Baxley 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.
- Baxley: 187 for 2025, 123 for 2024, 203 for 2023, 340 for 2022, 222 for 2021 and 103 for 2020.
- Appling County Sheriff's Office: 614 for 2019.
Baxley's 187 arrests in 2025 were up 52 percent from 123 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Baxley reported 215 arrests, against 66 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Appling County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Appling County 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 84 people on an average day, up from about 73 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 193 beds, and it is running at 44 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Appling County
For Appling County the place to look is the case index of the Appling County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records).
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 Appling County
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 Appling County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Baxley or Graham: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Appling County Board of Education: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Appling County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Appling County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Appling County: Baxley and Graham. Surrency has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Appling County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Appling County each year?
Baxley reported 187 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Appling County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Appling County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Appling County?
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 Appling County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Appling County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Appling County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.