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.
Floyd County, Georgia, has about 101,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Floyd County Sheriff's Office, one other county agency, two city agencies and three campus, state or other agencies. 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 Floyd 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: Floyd County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Floyd County
The Floyd County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Floyd County. It reported 55 arrests for 2025.
The Floyd County Police Department also reports arrests to the FBI as another county agency of Floyd County.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Rome, 38,747 residents: 1,062 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cave Spring, 1,215 residents: 13 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 these agencies in Floyd County: Berry College and Georgia Northwestern Technical College (campus police); the State Patrol at Rome (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Floyd 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.
- Rome: 1,062 for 2025, 1,214 for 2024, 1,216 for 2023, 1,131 for 2022 and 1,025 for 2021.
- Floyd County Police Department: 698 for 2025, 760 for 2024, 656 for 2023, 783 for 2022, 738 for 2021 and 770 for 2020.
- Floyd County Sheriff's Office: 55 for 2025, 73 for 2024, 95 for 2023, 111 for 2021 and 104 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
- Cave Spring: 13 for 2025, 14 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 20 for 2022, 41 for 2021 and 53 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,828 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,828 in 2025 against 2,061 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through May 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 684 arrests, against 765 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Floyd County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Floyd 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 520 people on an average day, down from about 640 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 755 beds, and it is running at 69 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 Floyd County Sheriff's Office at floydsheriffga.gov/jail-detention (page title: Jail/ Detention | Floyd County Sheriff), phone 888-351-4024, 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 Floyd County
For Floyd County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at floydcountyga.gov/district_attorney/index.php, phone 706-291-5210).
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 Floyd 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 Floyd County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 888-351-4024.
- An arrest in Rome or Cave Spring: 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 Berry College, Georgia Northwestern Technical College or the State Patrol at Rome: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 706-291-5210, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at floydcountyga.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Floyd County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Floyd County: Rome and Cave Spring.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Floyd County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Floyd County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Rome (38,747)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Floyd County each year?
Rome reported 1,062 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,828 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Floyd County?
Ask the Floyd County Sheriff's Office at 888-351-4024; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at floydsheriffga.gov/jail-detention.
Where are people arrested in Floyd County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Floyd County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Floyd 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 Floyd County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Floyd 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 floydcountyga.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Floyd 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.