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 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Wilkinson County, Georgia, has about 8,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Wilkinson 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: Wilkinson County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Wilkinson County
The Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Wilkinson County. It reported 295 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside five 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:
- Gordon, 1,720 residents: 19 arrests reported for 2023.
- Ivey, 1,009 residents.
- McIntyre, 555 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2022.
- Irwinton, 538 residents.
- Toomsboro, 376 residents.
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 Wilkinson 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.
- Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office: 295 for 2023, 280 for 2022, 289 for 2021, 256 for 2020 and 580 for 2019.
- Gordon: 19 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 29 for 2021, 26 for 2020 and 80 for 2019.
- McIntyre: 0 for 2022 and 30 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 314 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 314 in 2023 against 299 in 2022, up 5 percent.
McIntyre reported only part of 2023 (9 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Wilkinson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Wilkinson 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 2025 the jail held about 48 people, up from about 37 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 50 beds, and it ran at 96 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 Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office at wilkinsoncounty.net/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Wilkinson County), phone (478) 946-2411, 108 Bacon Street Irwinton, GA 31042, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Wilkinson County
For Wilkinson County the place to look is the case index of the Wilkinson 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=158, phone (478) 946-2221).
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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (478) 946-2411.
- An arrest in Gordon, Ivey, McIntyre, Irwinton or Toomsboro: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wilkinson County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=158, phone (478) 946-2221.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Wilkinson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the six cities in Wilkinson County: Gordon, Ivey, McIntyre, Irwinton and Toomsboro. Allentown 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 Wilkinson County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Wilkinson County each year?
The Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office reported 295 arrests to the FBI for 2023, and the two agencies with every month of 2023 on file reported 314 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Wilkinson County?
Ask the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office at (478) 946-2411; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at wilkinsoncounty.net/sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in Wilkinson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson 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.