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.
Fayette County, Georgia, has about 125,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies 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 Fayette 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: Fayette County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fayette County
The Fayette County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Fayette County. It reported 782 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Fayette County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Peachtree City, 40,758 residents: 853 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fayetteville, 20,419 residents: 524 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tyrone, 8,038 residents: 23 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 Fayette County: the Fayette County Marshal (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Fayette County
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.
- Peachtree City: 853 for 2025, 1,045 for 2024, 1,025 for 2023, 868 for 2022 and 851 for 2021.
- Fayette County Sheriff's Office: 782 for 2025, 766 for 2024, 889 for 2023, 756 for 2022, 618 for 2021 and 2,284 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Fayetteville: 524 for 2025, 598 for 2024, 633 for 2023, 489 for 2022, 367 for 2021 and 561 for 2020.
- Tyrone: 23 for 2025, 31 for 2024, 49 for 2023, 61 for 2022, 34 for 2021 and 41 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,182 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,182 in 2025 against 2,440 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,407 arrests, against 1,225 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fayette County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fayette 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 390 people on an average day, up from about 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 554 beds, and it is running at 70 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 Fayette County
For Fayette County the place to look is the case index of the Fayette County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at fayetteclerk.com/OnlineServices).
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 Fayette 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 Fayette County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Peachtree City, Fayetteville or Tyrone: 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 Fayette County Marshal: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fayette County Superior Court, through the court records page at fayetteclerk.com/OnlineServices.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at fayettecountyga.gov (page title: Fayette County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Fayette County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Fayette County: Peachtree City, Fayetteville and Tyrone. Brooks and Woolsey 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 Fayette County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Fayette County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Fayetteville (20,419)
- Tyrone (8,038)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fayette County each year?
Peachtree City reported 853 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,182 between them.
Where are people arrested in Fayette County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fayette 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 Fayette County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fayette 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 fayettecountyga.gov.
Is this the official Fayette 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.