SearchSystems Editorial

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 28, 2026.

About this guide

Genesee County, Michigan, has about 402,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, 21 city agencies and five 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Genesee County Circuit 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: Genesee County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Genesee County

The Genesee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Genesee County. It reported 884 arrests for 2025.

The FBI lists 15 cities in Genesee County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • Flint, 79,735 residents: 99 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Burton, 29,420 residents: 767 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Fenton, 11,882 residents: 211 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Flushing, 8,224 residents: 122 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Flushing (township), 8,224 residents: 83 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Grand Blanc, 7,924 residents: 112 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Grand Blanc (township), 7,924 residents: 1,609 arrests reported for 2023.
  • Davison, 5,059 residents: 58 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Davison (township), 5,059 residents: 379 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Linden, 4,185 residents: 18 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mount Morris, 3,095 residents: 137 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Mount Morris (township), 3,095 residents: 551 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 Lennon Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Genesee County, so its arrests are not broken out for Genesee County here.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Genesee County: Mott Community College and the University of Michigan at Flint (campus police); the Genesee County State Police (state police); Bishop International Airport and Genesee County Parks and Recreation (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Genesee 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.

  • Flint Township: 1,158 for 2025, 1,257 for 2024, 1,123 for 2023, 1,040 for 2022, 946 for 2021 and 952 for 2020.
  • Genesee County Sheriff's Office: 884 for 2025, 1,238 for 2024, 1,112 for 2023, 891 for 2022, 758 for 2021 and 773 for 2020.
  • Burton: 767 for 2025, 700 for 2024, 917 for 2023, 853 for 2022, 817 for 2021 and 831 for 2020.
  • Mount Morris (township): 551 for 2025, 433 for 2024, 453 for 2023, 461 for 2022, 434 for 2021 and 458 for 2020.
  • Genesee Township: 387 for 2025, 360 for 2024, 421 for 2023, 343 for 2022, 329 for 2021 and 375 for 2020.
  • Davison (township): 379 for 2025, 344 for 2024, 376 for 2023, 312 for 2022, 240 for 2021 and 181 for 2020.
  • Metro Authority of Genesee County: 239 for 2025, 268 for 2024, 245 for 2023, 333 for 2022, 379 for 2021 and 344 for 2020.
  • Fenton: 211 for 2025, 356 for 2024, 227 for 2023, 201 for 2022, 178 for 2021 and 233 for 2020.
  • Richfield Township: 139 for 2025, 129 for 2024, 112 for 2023, 135 for 2022, 99 for 2021 and 90 for 2020.
  • Mount Morris: 137 for 2025, 170 for 2024, 159 for 2023, 126 for 2022, 129 for 2021 and 112 for 2020.
  • Flushing: 122 for 2025, 93 for 2024, 121 for 2023, 86 for 2021, 51 for 2020 and 87 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
  • Grand Blanc: 112 for 2025, 123 for 2024, 102 for 2023, 136 for 2022, 109 for 2021 and 81 for 2020.

Together, the 21 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,452 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 5,452 in 2025 against 5,959 in 2024, down 8.5 percent.

Through August 2026, the 19 agencies with every month so far on file reported 3,190 arrests, against 3,784 in the same months of 2025.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Genesee County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Genesee 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.

On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 550 people, down from about 620 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 580 beds, and it ran at 94 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 Genesee County Sheriff's Office at gcsomichigan.com/corrections-division (page title: CORRECTIONS DIVISION | GCSO), phone 810-257-3426, 1002 South Saginaw Street, Flint, MI 48502, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.

A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.

How to Find Out About an Arrest in Genesee County

Whether someone was arrested in Genesee County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Genesee County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at geneseecountymi.gov/circuit_court_records, phone (810) 257-3220); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at geneseecountymi.gov/courts_and_law_enforcement/prosecutor/index.php).

Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.

Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan State Police. 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 Genesee 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 Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.

  • An arrest by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 810-257-3426.
  • An arrest in Flint, Burton, Fenton, Flushing, Flushing (township), Grand Blanc or another of the cities listed above: 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 Mott Community College, the Genesee County State Police or Bishop International Airport: the records office of the agency involved.
  • A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
  • The court file of a case that was filed: the Genesee County Circuit Court, through the court records page at geneseecountymi.gov/circuit_court_records, phone (810) 257-3220.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at geneseecountymi.nextrequest.com (page title: Genesee County FOIA RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
  • Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.

Cities in Genesee County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for 15 of the 14 cities in Genesee County: the twelve named above and Clio, Montrose and Otisville. Swartz Creek, Goodrich and Gaines have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Argentine Township Police Department, the Clayton Township Police Department, the Flint Township Police Department and three more as city agencies in Genesee County; Argentine Township, Clayton Township, Flint Township and three more are not among the cities above.

Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Genesee County Circuit Court.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Genesee County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Genesee County each year?

Flint Township reported 1,158 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 21 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 5,452 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Genesee County?

Ask the Genesee County Sheriff's Office at 810-257-3426; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gcsomichigan.com/corrections-division.

Where are people arrested in Genesee County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Genesee County?

The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.

How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Genesee County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Genesee County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at geneseecountymi.nextrequest.com.

Is this the official Genesee 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.