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.
Crisp County, Georgia, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Crisp County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Crisp 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: Crisp County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crisp County
The Crisp County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crisp County. It reported 275 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Crisp County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Cordele, 9,767 residents: 433 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Crisp County: the State Patrol at Cordele (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Crisp 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.
- Cordele: 433 for 2025, 417 for 2024, 376 for 2023, 567 for 2022, 655 for 2021 and 271 for 2020.
- Crisp County Sheriff's Office: 275 for 2025, 267 for 2024, 268 for 2023, 299 for 2022, 185 for 2021 and 83 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 708 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 708 in 2025 against 684 in 2024, up 3.5 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 254 arrests, against 442 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crisp County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crisp 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.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 200 people, down from about 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 224 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Crisp County Sheriff's Office at crispcountysheriff.com/crisp-county-jail/general-information (page title: General Information | Crisp County Sheriff's Office), phone 229.276.2600, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Crisp County
An arrest in Crisp County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Crisp 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=40, phone (229) 271-4726); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/crisp, phone 229-271-4735).
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 Crisp 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 Crisp County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 229.276.2600.
- An arrest in Cordele: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Cordele: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 229-271-4735, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Crisp County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=40, phone (229) 271-4726.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Crisp County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Crisp County: Cordele. Arabi 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 Crisp County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crisp County each year?
Cordele reported 433 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 708 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crisp County?
Ask the Crisp County Sheriff's Office at 229.276.2600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crispcountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Crisp County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crisp County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crisp 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 Crisp County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crisp 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 Crisp 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.