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.
Douglas County, Georgia, has about 152,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one other 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 Douglas 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: Douglas County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Douglas County
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Douglas County. It reported 1,947 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Douglas County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Douglasville, 40,540 residents: 1,340 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 Austell Police Department and the Villa Rica Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Douglas County, so their arrests are not broken out for Douglas County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Douglas County: Douglas County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Douglas 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.
- Douglas County Sheriff's Office: 1,947 for 2025, 1,503 for 2024, 1,651 for 2023, 1,558 for 2022, 1,269 for 2021 and 1,172 for 2020.
- Douglasville: 1,340 for 2025, 1,582 for 2024, 2,053 for 2023, 1,790 for 2022, 1,448 for 2021 and 1,259 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,287 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,287 in 2025 against 3,085 in 2024, up 6.5 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,752 arrests, against 1,955 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Douglas County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Douglas County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 720 people on an average day, up from about 650 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,600 beds, and it is running at 45 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Douglas County
Whether someone was arrested in Douglas County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Douglas County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at douglascountyga.gov/187/Clerk-of-State-Court, phone 706-681-0574); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at douglascountyga.gov/207/District-Attorney, phone 770-920-7292).
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 Douglas 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 Douglas County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Douglasville: 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 Douglas County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 770-920-7292, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Douglas County Superior Court, through the court records page at douglascountyga.gov/187/Clerk-of-State-Court, phone 706-681-0574.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Douglas County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Douglasville, the one city in Douglas County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Douglas County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Douglas County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Douglasville (40,540)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Douglas County each year?
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office reported 1,947 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,287 between them.
Where are people arrested in Douglas County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Douglas 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 Douglas County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Douglas 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 Douglas 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.