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.
Screven County, Georgia, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Screven County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and one state 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 Screven 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: Screven County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Screven County
The Screven County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Screven County.
The FBI lists three cities in Screven County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Sylvania, 2,655 residents: 66 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newington, 299 residents: 21 arrests reported for 2024.
- Oliver, 223 residents: 1,152 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Screven County: the State Patrol at Sylvania (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Screven 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.
- Oliver: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Sylvania: 66 for 2025, 78 for 2024, 78 for 2023, 56 for 2022, 40 for 2021 and 38 for 2020.
- Newington: 21 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 11 for 2022, 15 for 2021 and 16 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,218 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,218 in 2025 against 1,230 in 2024, down 1 percent.
Newington reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Screven County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Screven 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 65 people on an average day, up from about 55 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 247 beds, and it is running at 26 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 Screven County Sheriff's Office at screvencosheriffga.gov (page title: Screven County Sheriff's Office | Serving and Protecting Our Communities), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Screven County
An arrest in Screven County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Screven County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=124, phone (912) 564-2614); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/screven, phone 912-764-9924).
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 Screven 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 Screven County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Sylvania, Newington or Oliver: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Sylvania: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 912-764-9924, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Screven County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=124, phone (912) 564-2614.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Screven County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in Screven County: Sylvania, Newington and Oliver. Hiltonia and Rocky Ford 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 Screven County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Screven County each year?
Oliver reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,218 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Screven County?
Ask the Screven County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at screvencosheriffga.gov.
Where are people arrested in Screven County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Screven County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Screven 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 Screven County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Screven 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 Screven 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.