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 October 9, 2026.
Camden County, Georgia, has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Camden County Sheriff's Office and two city 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 Camden 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: Camden County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Camden County
The Camden County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Camden County. It reported 716 arrests for 2024, 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:
- Kingsland, 20,789 residents: 711 arrests reported for 2025.
- St. Marys, 20,119 residents: 638 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Camden County
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.
- Kingsland: 711 for 2025, 965 for 2024, 764 for 2023, 1,001 for 2022 and 574 for 2021.
- St. Marys: 638 for 2025, 578 for 2024 and 430 for 2023.
- Camden County Sheriff's Office: 716 for 2024, 803 for 2023 and 1,043 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,349 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,349 in 2025 against 1,543 in 2024, down 13 percent.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 411 arrests, against 585 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Camden County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Camden 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 150 people on an average day, up from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 194 beds, and it is running at 79 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 Camden County Sheriff's Office at camdensheriff.org (page title: Camden County Sheriff, GA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Camden County
An arrest in Camden County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Camden County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at camdencountyga.gov/1293/Criminal-Court, phone (912) 576-3704); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/camden, phone 912-554-7200).
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 Camden 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 Camden County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Kingsland or St. Marys: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 912-554-7200, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Camden County Superior Court, through the court records page at camdencountyga.gov/1293/Criminal-Court, phone (912) 576-3704.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at camdencountyga.gov/1155/Open-Records-Requests (page title: Open Records Requests | Camden County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
The other Camden County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Camden County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Camden County: Kingsland and St. Marys. Woodbine 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 Camden County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Camden County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Camden County each year?
Kingsland reported 711 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,349 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Camden County?
Ask the Camden County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at camdensheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Camden County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Camden County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Camden 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 Camden County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Camden 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 camdencountyga.gov/1155/Open-Records-Requests.
Is this the official Camden 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.