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 September 28, 2026.
Greene County, Georgia, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greene 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 Greene 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: Greene County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greene County
The Greene County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greene County. It reported 288 arrests for 2025.
One city in Greene County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Greensboro, 3,573 residents: 189 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Greene 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.
- Greene County Sheriff's Office: 288 for 2025, 276 for 2024, 355 for 2023, 385 for 2021 and 443 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
- Greensboro: 189 for 2025, 204 for 2024, 280 for 2023, 374 for 2022, 255 for 2021 and 186 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 477 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 477 in 2025 against 480 in 2024, down 0.6 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 233 arrests, against 292 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greene County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greene 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 39 people, down from about 60 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 75 beds, and it ran at 52 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office at greenecountyga.gov/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?BID=75 (page title: Resource Directory, Sheriff's Office), phone (706) 453-3351, 1180 C Weldon Smith Drive Suite 130 Greensboro, GA 30642, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 Greene County
An arrest in Greene County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Greene County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyga.gov/345/Courts); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenecountyga.gov/352/District-Attorney, phone 706-453-3339).
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 Greene 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (706) 453-3351.
- An arrest in Greensboro: 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, 706-453-3339, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Greene County Superior Court, through the court records page at greenecountyga.gov/345/Courts.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyga.gov (page title: Submit an Open Records Request | Greene County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Greene County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Greene County: Greensboro. Union Point, Woodville, White Plains and Siloam 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 Greene County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greene County each year?
The Greene County Sheriff's Office reported 288 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 477 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greene County?
Ask the Greene County Sheriff's Office at (706) 453-3351; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyga.gov.
Where are people arrested in Greene County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greene 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 Greene County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greene 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 greenecountyga.gov.
Is this the official Greene 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.