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.
Richmond County, Georgia, has about 206,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and five 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 Richmond 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: Richmond County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Richmond County
The Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Richmond County.
The FBI lists two cities in Richmond County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hephzibah, 3,827 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Blythe, 793 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Richmond County: Richmond County Board of Education and the Richmond County Marshal (other); Georgia Regents University, Augusta Technical College and Paine College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Hephzibah 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.
- Hephzibah: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 2 for 2022 and 1 for 2021.
- Blythe: 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Richmond County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Richmond 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 1,340 people on an average day, down from about 2,110 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 1,066 beds, and it is running at 125 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 Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Office at appweb2.augustaga.gov/InmateInquiry (page title: Richmond County Sheriff's Office Inmate Inquiry), 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 Richmond County
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 Richmond 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 Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Hephzibah or Blythe: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Richmond County Board of Education, Georgia Regents University or Augusta Technical College: the records office of the agency involved.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at richmondcountysheriffsoffice.com (page title: Open Records Request | Richmond County Sheriff's Office | Augusta Ga | Richmond County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Richmond County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Richmond County: Hephzibah and Blythe. Augusta-Richmond County has 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 Richmond County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Richmond County each year?
Hephzibah reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Richmond County?
Ask the Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at appweb2.augustaga.gov/InmateInquiry.
Where are people arrested in Richmond County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Augusta-Richmond County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Richmond 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 Richmond County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Augusta-Richmond 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 richmondcountysheriffsoffice.com.
Is this the official Richmond 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.