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.
Jackson County, Georgia, has about 94,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and six city 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 Jackson 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: Jackson County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jackson County
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jackson County. It reported 936 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside six 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:
- Braselton, 17,390 residents: 138 arrests reported for 2025.
- Jefferson, 16,459 residents: 156 arrests reported for 2025.
- Commerce, 8,803 residents.
- Hoschton, 6,723 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Arcade, 2,021 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pendergrass, 1,856 residents: 18 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 Maysville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Jackson County, so its arrests are not broken out for Jackson County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Jackson 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.
- Hoschton: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Jackson County Sheriff's Office: 936 for 2025, 878 for 2024, 920 for 2023, 807 for 2022, 902 for 2021 and 905 for 2020.
- Jefferson: 156 for 2025, 225 for 2024, 192 for 2023, 161 for 2022, 150 for 2021 and 78 for 2020.
- Braselton: 138 for 2025, 211 for 2024, 223 for 2023, 236 for 2022, 283 for 2021 and 280 for 2020.
- Pendergrass: 18 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 20 for 2022 and 15 for 2021.
- Arcade: 9 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 29 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 27 for 2021 and 25 for 2020.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,409 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,409 in 2025 against 2,502 in 2024, down 3.7 percent.
Through July 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 765 arrests, against 870 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jackson County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jackson 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 170 people on an average day, down from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 463 beds, and it is running at 37 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Jackson County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Jackson County
An arrest in Jackson County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Jackson County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at jacksoncountygov.com/522/Civil-Cases, phone 706-387-6246); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/jackson, phone 706-387-6288).
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 Jackson 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 Jackson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Braselton, Jefferson, Commerce, Hoschton, Arcade or Pendergrass: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 706-387-6288, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jackson County Superior Court, through the court records page at jacksoncountygov.com/522/Civil-Cases, phone 706-387-6246.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jacksoncountygov.com/335/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Jackson County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Jackson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the eight cities in Jackson County: Braselton, Jefferson, Commerce, Hoschton, Arcade and Pendergrass. Nicholson and Talmo 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 Jackson County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Jackson County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jackson County each year?
Hoschton reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,409 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jackson County?
Look on the custody page of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Jackson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jackson 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 Jackson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jackson 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 jacksoncountygov.com/335/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Jackson 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.