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.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has about 602,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office, one other county agency, one city agency and three 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 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 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: Anne Arundel County public records, Maryland arrest records, Maryland inmate search and Maryland criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Anne Arundel County
The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Anne Arundel County. It reported 40 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
The Anne Arundel County Police Department also reports arrests to the FBI as another county agency of Anne Arundel County.
One city in Anne Arundel County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Annapolis, 40,689 residents: 690 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 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 Each Agency Reports in Anne Arundel 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.
- Anne Arundel County Police Department: 7,521 for 2025, 8,736 for 2024, 6,355 for 2023, 9,466 for 2022, 11,297 for 2020 and 16,307 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- 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.
- Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office: 40 for 2020 and 123 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,211 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 8,211 in 2025 against 9,291 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 3,206 arrests, against 3,521 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Anne Arundel County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Anne Arundel 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 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 Anne Arundel County
An arrest in Anne Arundel County 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 Anne Arundel 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 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 Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (410) 222-7374.
- An arrest in Annapolis: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Internal Investigation Division, the Anne Arundel County State Police or General Services in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County: the records office of the agency involved.
- 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.
Cities in Anne Arundel County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Anne Arundel County: Annapolis. Highland Beach 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 Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Anne Arundel County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Annapolis (40,689)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Anne Arundel County each year?
The Anne Arundel County Police Department reported 7,521 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 8,211 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Anne Arundel County?
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 Anne Arundel County 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 Anne Arundel County?
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 Anne Arundel County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 Anne Arundel 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.