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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bibb County, Georgia, has about 157,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Bibb County Sheriff's Office and three campus, state or other agencies. 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 Bibb 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: Bibb County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Bibb County
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Bibb County. It reported 1,411 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Bibb County: Mercer University (campus police); Bibb County Board of Education (other); the Georgia Forestry Commission (state agency).
How Many Arrests The Bibb County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Bibb County Sheriff's Office: 1,411 for 2025, 1,622 for 2024, 1,731 for 2023, 1,437 for 2022, 1,350 for 2021 and 1,647 for 2020.
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office's 1,411 arrests in 2025 were down 13 percent from 1,622 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Bibb County Sheriff's Office reported 573 arrests, against 403 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Bibb County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bibb 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 1,040 people on an average day, up from about 830 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 966 beds, and it is running at 107 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 Bibb County Sheriff's Office at bibbsheriff.us/isearch, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Bibb County
An arrest in Bibb County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Bibb County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=11, phone (478) 621-6527); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/bibb, phone 478-621-6427).
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 Bibb County
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 Bibb County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by Mercer University, Bibb County Board of Education or the Georgia Forestry Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 478-621-6427, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Bibb County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=11, phone (478) 621-6527.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at maconbibbcountyga.justfoia.com (page title: Macon-Bibb County, GA Public Portal | JustFOIA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Bibb County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Bibb County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Bibb County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Bibb County each year?
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office reported 1,411 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Bibb County?
Ask the Bibb County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bibbsheriff.us/isearch.
Where are people arrested in Bibb County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Bibb County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Bibb 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 Bibb County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Bibb 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at maconbibbcountyga.justfoia.com.
Is this the official Bibb 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.