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 1, 2026.
Peach County, Georgia, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Peach County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one campus 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 Peach 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: Peach County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Peach County
The Peach County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Peach County. It reported 576 arrests for 2025.
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:
- Fort Valley, 9,023 residents: 224 arrests reported for 2022.
- Byron, 6,305 residents: 131 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 Warner Robins Police Department and the Perry Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Peach County, so their arrests are not broken out for Peach County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Peach County: Fort Valley State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Peach 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.
- Peach County Sheriff's Office: 576 for 2025, 506 for 2024, 557 for 2023, 528 for 2022, 776 for 2021 and 593 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Byron: 131 for 2025, 88 for 2024, 95 for 2023, 150 for 2021, 63 for 2020 and 781 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
- Fort Valley: 224 for 2022, 295 for 2021 and 272 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 707 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 707 in 2025 against 594 in 2024, up 19 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 370 arrests, against 391 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Peach County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Peach 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 120 people on an average day, up from about 94 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 125 beds, and it is running at 93 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 Peach County Sheriff's Office at peachcountysheriff.com/sheriffs-office-divisions.cfm (page title: Sheriff's Office | Peach County Sheriff), phone 478-825-8269, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Peach County
An arrest in Peach County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Peach County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/peach, phone 478-621-6427).
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 Peach 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 Peach County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 478-825-8269.
- An arrest in Fort Valley or Byron: 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 Fort Valley State University: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 478-621-6427, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Peach County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at peachcounty.gov (page title: Open Records Request | Peach County).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Peach County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Peach County: Fort Valley and Byron.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Peach County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Peach County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Fort Valley (9,023)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Peach County each year?
The Peach County Sheriff's Office reported 576 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 707 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Peach County?
Ask the Peach County Sheriff's Office at 478-825-8269; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at peachcountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Peach County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Peach County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Peach 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 Peach County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Peach 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 peachcounty.gov.
Is this the official Peach 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.