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.
Wilcox County, Georgia, has about 8,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office and three 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 Wilcox 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: Wilcox County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wilcox County
The Wilcox County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wilcox County. It reported 25 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Abbeville, 2,845 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rochelle, 1,155 residents.
- Pineview, 469 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Wilcox County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Pineview: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Abbeville: 4 for 2025 and 0 for 2020; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Wilcox County Sheriff's Office: 25 for 2023, 69 for 2022, 59 for 2021 and 24 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,156 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,152 in 2025 against 1,152 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wilcox County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wilcox 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 11 people on an average day, down from about 22 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 16 beds, and it is running at 69 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Wilcox County
An arrest in Wilcox County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wilcox 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=156, phone (229) 467-2442); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/wilcox, phone 229-271-4735).
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 Wilcox 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 Wilcox County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Abbeville, Rochelle or Pineview: 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, 229-271-4735, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wilcox County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=156, phone (229) 467-2442.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Wilcox County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Wilcox County: Abbeville, Rochelle and Pineview. Pitts 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 Wilcox County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wilcox County each year?
Pineview reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,156 between them.
Where are people arrested in Wilcox County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wilcox 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 Wilcox County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wilcox 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 Wilcox 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.