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.
Spalding County, Georgia, has about 70,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Spalding County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and two 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 Spalding 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: Spalding County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Spalding County
The Spalding County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Spalding County. It reported 909 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Spalding County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Griffin, 23,994 residents: 809 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 these agencies in Spalding County: Southern Crescent Technical College (campus police); the State Patrol at Griffin (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Spalding 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.
- Spalding County Sheriff's Office: 909 for 2025, 1,042 for 2024, 2,564 for 2023, 2,998 for 2022, 2,345 for 2021 and 1,723 for 2020.
- Griffin: 809 for 2025, 1,314 for 2024, 2,626 for 2023, 2,552 for 2022, 2,350 for 2021 and 1,959 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,718 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,718 in 2025 against 2,356 in 2024, down 27 percent.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 851 arrests, against 816 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Spalding County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Spalding 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 550 people on an average day, up from about 440 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 542 beds, and it is running at 101 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 Spalding County Sheriff's Office at spaldingsheriff.org/pages/Detention_Inmate_Services.html (page title: SCSO | Inmate Services), phone (770) 467-4282, 4399 ADDRESS 401 Justice Blvd Griffin, GA 30224, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Spalding County
An arrest in Spalding County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Spalding County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at spaldingcounty.com/government/state-court, phone (770) 467-4474); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/spalding, phone 770-716-4250).
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 Spalding 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 Spalding County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (770) 467-4282.
- An arrest in Griffin: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Southern Crescent Technical College or the State Patrol at Griffin: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 770-716-4250, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Spalding County Superior Court, through the court records page at spaldingcounty.com/government/state-court, phone (770) 467-4474.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at spaldingcountyga.justfoia.com (page title: Spalding County, GA Public Portal | JustFOIA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Spalding County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Spalding County: Griffin. Orchard Hill 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 Spalding County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Spalding County each year?
The Spalding County Sheriff's Office reported 909 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,718 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Spalding County?
Ask the Spalding County Sheriff's Office at (770) 467-4282; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at spaldingsheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Spalding County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Spalding County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Spalding 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 Spalding County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Spalding 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 spaldingcountyga.justfoia.com.
Is this the official Spalding 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.