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.
Crawford County, Georgia, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Crawford 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: Crawford County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crawford County
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crawford County. It reported 116 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Crawford County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Roberta, 792 residents.
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 The Crawford 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.
- Crawford County Sheriff's Office: 116 for 2025, 144 for 2024, 126 for 2023, 90 for 2022 and 138 for 2021.
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office's 116 arrests in 2025 were down 19 percent from 144 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Crawford County Sheriff's Office reported 46 arrests, against 61 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crawford County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crawford 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 26 people on an average day, up from about 18 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 26 beds, and it is running at 100 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 Crawford County Sheriff's Office at crawfordcountysheriff.org/inmates (page title: Inmates | Crawford County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Crawford County
An arrest in Crawford County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Crawford County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountyga.org/superior-court, phone (478) 310-3603); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/crawford, 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Roberta: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- 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 Crawford County Superior Court, through the court records page at crawfordcountyga.org/superior-court, phone (478) 310-3603.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Crawford County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Roberta, the one city in Crawford County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Crawford County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crawford County each year?
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office reported 116 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crawford County?
Ask the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountysheriff.org/inmates.
Where are people arrested in Crawford County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crawford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crawford 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 Crawford County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crawford 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 Crawford 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.