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.
Bacon County, Georgia, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Bacon County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Bacon 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: Bacon County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Bacon County
The Bacon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Bacon County.
The FBI lists one city in Bacon County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Alma, 3,362 residents: 112 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Bacon County: Bacon County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Alma 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.
- Alma: 112 for 2025, 119 for 2024, 124 for 2023, 84 for 2022, 118 for 2021 and 195 for 2020.
Alma's 112 arrests in 2025 were down 5.9 percent from 119 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Alma reported 105 arrests, against 49 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bacon County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bacon County 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 70 people on an average day, up from about 52 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 74 beds, and it is running at 95 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 Bacon County
For Bacon County the place to look is the case index of the Bacon 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 Bacon 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 Bacon County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Alma: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Bacon County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bacon 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 Bacon County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Alma, the one city in Bacon County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Bacon County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bacon County each year?
Alma reported 112 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Bacon County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bacon County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bacon 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 Bacon County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bacon 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 Bacon 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.