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 25, 2026.
Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County, has about 89,000 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 District Attorney General files charges, a case in the Williamson County Circuit and Chancery Courts. 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: Franklin public records, Williamson County arrest records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin
The FBI lists Franklin with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Franklin Police Department. It reported 1,442 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 Williamson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,458 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Williamson County: Drug Task Force's 21st Judicial District (other).
How Many Arrests Franklin 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.
- Franklin: 1,442 for 2025, 1,419 for 2024, 1,472 for 2023, 1,588 for 2022, 1,385 for 2021 and 1,454 for 2020.
Franklin's 1,442 arrests in 2025 were up 1.6 percent from 1,419 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Franklin reported 1,015 arrests, against 972 in the same months of 2025.
Across Williamson County, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,538 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Franklin 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 320 people, down from about 380 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 452 beds, and it ran at 70 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 Williamson County Sheriff's Office at williamsoncountysherifftn.com/detention-division/inmate-services-in... (page title: Inmate Services & Information | Williamson County Sheriff’s Office), phone 615-790-5550, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Tennessee Department of Correction lists its inmates at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Franklin
An arrest in Franklin can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Williamson County Circuit and Chancery Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at williamsoncounty-tn.gov/221/Court-System); the District Attorney General, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tennesseeda.gov/district-21).
Tennessee is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: TORIS lets anyone run a name-based criminal history search online, for $29 a search, through the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. 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 Franklin
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 Tennessee Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 business days, and it may charge copying, and labor after the first hour.
- An arrest by the Franklin police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at franklintn.gov/government/departments-k-z/police/police-records (page title: Police Records Section | City of Franklin, TN), phone (615) 791-3234, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 615-790-5550.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney General handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Williamson County Circuit and Chancery Courts, through the court records page at williamsoncounty-tn.gov/221/Court-System.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at williamsoncountytn.justfoia.com (page title: Williamson County Government, TN Public Portal | JustFOIA).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Williamson County guide covers every agency in the county: Williamson County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin each year?
Franklin reported 1,442 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Franklin?
Ask the Williamson County Sheriff's Office at 615-790-5550; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at williamsoncountysherifftn.com.
Where are people arrested in Franklin booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Franklin?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: TORIS lets anyone run a name-based criminal history search online, for $29. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Tennessee Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Franklin?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin police for its own arrests, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at williamsoncountytn.justfoia.com.
Is this the official Franklin 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.