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). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Coweta County is held at the county jail, run by the Coweta County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Coweta County public records, Coweta County arrest records, Coweta County warrants, Coweta County criminal records, Coweta County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Coweta County
The county jail, run by the Coweta County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Coweta County, from every agency.
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.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 770-254-2601.
The Coweta County Jail by the Numbers
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.
Coweta County has about 158,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 37 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Coweta County Jail
The Coweta County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Newnan, Senoia and Grantville make the arrests that end in a booking in Coweta County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Coweta County: the State Patrol at Newnan (state police).
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 largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Coweta County Sheriff's Office's 2,485 for 2025, Newnan's 1,194 for 2025 and Grantville's 44 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Coweta County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,752 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Coweta County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Coweta County serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate 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.
How many people are in the Coweta County jail?
About 580 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 469 beds.
What is the phone number for the Coweta County jail?
770-254-2601, the number on the page of the Coweta County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Coweta County go?
To a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
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.