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 30, 2026.
Pike County, Georgia, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pike County Sheriff's Office and two 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 Pike 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: Pike County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pike County
The Pike County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pike County. It reported 244 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Pike County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Zebulon, 1,330 residents: 21 arrests reported for 2023.
- Molena, 421 residents.
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 The Pike County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Pike County Sheriff's Office: 244 for 2025, 271 for 2024, 265 for 2023, 287 for 2022, 310 for 2021 and 195 for 2020.
- Zebulon: 21 for 2023, 44 for 2022 and 9 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
The Pike County Sheriff's Office's 244 arrests in 2025 were down 10 percent from 271 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Pike County Sheriff's Office reported 153 arrests, against 136 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pike County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pike 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 14 people on an average day, down from about 23 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 32 beds, and it is running at 44 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Pike County
An arrest in Pike County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Pike County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at pikeprobatecourt.com); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at dagriffincircuit.org/pike-county-office.html).
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 Pike 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 Pike County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Zebulon or Molena: 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 handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pike County Superior Court, through the court records page at pikeprobatecourt.com.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Pike County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Pike County: Zebulon and Molena. Williamson, Concord and Meansville 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 Pike County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pike County each year?
The Pike County Sheriff's Office reported 244 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Pike County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pike County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pike 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 Pike County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pike 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.
Is this the official Pike 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.