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.
Scott County, Tennessee, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Scott County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 General files charges, a case in the Scott County Circuit and Chancery Courts. 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: Scott County public records, Tennessee arrest records, Tennessee inmate search and Tennessee criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Scott County
The Scott County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Scott County. It reported 475 arrests for 2025.
One city in Scott County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Oneida, 3,875 residents: 174 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Scott 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.
- Scott County Sheriff's Office: 475 for 2025, 650 for 2024, 618 for 2023, 681 for 2022, 711 for 2020 and 1,013 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Oneida: 174 for 2025, 169 for 2024, 211 for 2023, 249 for 2022, 221 for 2021 and 208 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 649 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 649 in 2025 against 819 in 2024, down 21 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 323 arrests, against 489 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Scott County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Scott 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 2024 the jail held about 32 people, down from about 160 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 76 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Tennessee Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Scott County
For Scott County the place to look is the case index of the Scott County Circuit and Chancery Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tn.gov/revenue/title-and-registration/county-clerks-locations.html, phone (865) 457-6226).
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 Scott 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 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 Scott County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Oneida: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Scott County Circuit and Chancery Courts, through the court records page at tn.gov, phone (865) 457-6226.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Scott County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Scott County: Oneida. Huntsville and Winfield have 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 Scott County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Scott County each year?
The Scott County Sheriff's Office reported 475 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 649 between them.
Where are people arrested in Scott County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Scott County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Scott County?
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 Scott County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Scott County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 business days.
Is this the official Scott 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.