Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 26, 2026.
Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Annapolis public records, Anne Arundel County arrest records, Maryland arrest records and Maryland inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Annapolis
The FBI lists Annapolis with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Annapolis Police Department. It reported 690 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 40 arrests for 2020.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Anne Arundel County: the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Internal Investigation Division and General Services in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County (state agency); the Anne Arundel County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Annapolis 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.
- Annapolis: 690 for 2025, 555 for 2024, 758 for 2023, 573 for 2022, 1,106 for 2020 and 1,961 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Annapolis's 690 arrests in 2025 were up 24 percent from 555 in 2024.
Through May 2026, Annapolis reported 259 arrests, against 267 in the same months of 2025.
Across Anne Arundel County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,211 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Annapolis Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Annapolis 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 540 people, down from about 640 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,175 beds, and it ran at 44 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office at aacounty.org/detention-facilities/inmate-locator (page title: Inmate Locator | Anne Arundel County Government), phone (410) 222-7374, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Annapolis
An arrest in Annapolis can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at aacounty.org/sao/court-case-information, phone (410) 222-1740); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at aacounty.org/sao, phone (410) 222-1740).
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
Maryland does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Annapolis
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 Maryland Public Information Act the agency must answer within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Annapolis police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at annapolis.gov/542/Obtaining-a-Police-Report (page title: Obtaining a Police Report | Annapolis, MD), phone 410-268-9000, 199 Taylor Avenue Annapolis, MD 21401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (410) 222-7374.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, (410) 222-1740, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, through the court records page at aacounty.org/sao/court-case-information, phone (410) 222-1740.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at aacounty.org/services/issues-records-requests (page title: Issues & Records Requests | Anne Arundel County Government).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
The Anne Arundel County guide covers every agency in the county: Anne Arundel County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Annapolis each year?
Annapolis reported 690 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Annapolis?
Look on the custody page of the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office at aacounty.org, or call (410) 222-7374. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Annapolis booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Annapolis?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maryland Public Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Annapolis?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Annapolis police for its own arrests, the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Maryland Public Information Act the answer is due within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at aacounty.org/services/issues-records-requests.
Is this the official Annapolis website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.