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 2, 2026.
Coweta County, Georgia, has about 158,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Coweta County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and one state 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 Coweta 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: Coweta County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Coweta County
The Coweta County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Coweta County. It reported 2,485 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Newnan, 45,548 residents: 1,194 arrests reported for 2025.
- Senoia, 6,101 residents: 29 arrests reported for 2025.
- Grantville, 3,281 residents: 44 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 Palmetto Police Department and the Chattahoochee Hills Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Coweta County, so their arrests are not broken out for Coweta County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Coweta County: the State Patrol at Newnan (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Coweta County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Coweta County Sheriff's Office: 2,485 for 2025, 2,140 for 2024, 1,849 for 2023, 1,717 for 2022, 1,938 for 2021 and 1,867 for 2020.
- Newnan: 1,194 for 2025, 1,069 for 2024, 939 for 2023, 882 for 2022, 885 for 2021 and 837 for 2020.
- Grantville: 44 for 2025, 24 for 2024, 32 for 2023, 43 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 22 for 2020.
- Senoia: 29 for 2025, 35 for 2024, 43 for 2023 and 78 for 2022.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,752 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,752 in 2025 against 3,268 in 2024, up 15 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,244 arrests, against 2,192 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Coweta County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Coweta 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 580 people on an average day, up from about 370 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 469 beds, and it is running at 124 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 Coweta County Sheriff's Office at coweta.ga.us/166/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Coweta County, GA), phone 770-254-2601, 22 East Broad Street Newnan, GA 30263, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 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 Coweta County
For Coweta County the place to look is the case index of the Coweta County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at coweta.ga.us/240/Case-Management-SearchCopies).
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 Coweta 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 Coweta County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 770-254-2601.
- An arrest in Newnan, Senoia or Grantville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Newnan: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Coweta County Superior Court, through the court records page at coweta.ga.us/240/Case-Management-SearchCopies.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at coweta.ga.us/175/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Coweta County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Coweta County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the seven cities in Coweta County: Newnan, Senoia and Grantville. Turin, Moreland, Sharpsburg and Haralson have 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 Coweta County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Coweta County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Newnan (45,548)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Coweta County each year?
The Coweta County Sheriff's Office reported 2,485 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,752 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Coweta County?
Ask the Coweta County Sheriff's Office at 770-254-2601; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at coweta.ga.us/166/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in Coweta County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Coweta County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Coweta 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 Coweta County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Coweta 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 coweta.ga.us/175/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Coweta 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.