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 4, 2026.
Webster County, Georgia, has about 2,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Webster County Sheriff's Office. 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 Webster 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: Webster County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Webster County
The Webster County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Webster County. It reported 0 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Webster 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.
- Webster County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Webster County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Webster 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 13 people, down from about 13 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 18 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Webster County Sheriff's Office at webstercosheriff.org (page title: Webster County Georgia Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Webster County
For Webster County the place to look is the case index of the Webster 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).
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 Webster 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 Webster County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Webster 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 webstercosheriff.org/openrecords (page title: OpenRecords).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Webster County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Webster County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Webster County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Webster County each year?
The Webster County Sheriff's Office reported 0 arrests to the FBI for 2023, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Webster County?
Ask the Webster County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at webstercosheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Webster County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Webster County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Webster 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 Webster County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Webster 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 webstercosheriff.org/openrecords.
Is this the official Webster 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.