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.
Farmville, Virginia, in Prince Edward County, has about 7,600 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 Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Prince Edward Circuit Court. 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: Farmville public records, Prince Edward County arrest records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Farmville
The FBI lists Farmville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Farmville Police Department. It reported 262 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 Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 117 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Prince Edward County: Longwood University (campus police); the Prince Edward County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Farmville 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.
- Farmville: 262 for 2025, 385 for 2024, 291 for 2023, 228 for 2022, 142 for 2021 and 145 for 2020.
Farmville's 262 arrests in 2025 were down 32 percent from 385 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Farmville reported 149 arrests, against 175 in the same months of 2025.
Across Prince Edward County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 379 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Farmville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Farmville 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 2025 the jail held about 460 people, up from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 72 beds, and it ran at 115 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 Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office at co.prince-edward.va.us/Departments/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Prince Edward County), phone 434-392-8101, 124 N. Main Street, 1st Floor Farmville, VA 23901, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Virginia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Farmville
An arrest in Farmville can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Prince Edward Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vacourts.gov/courts/circuit/prince_edward/home, phone (434) 392-5145); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.prince-edward.va.us/Departments/Courts-System/Commonwealths-Atto..., phone (434) 392-1902).
Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
Virginia does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Virginia State Police 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 Farmville
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 Virginia Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 working days, and it may charge the actual cost of searching and copying.
- An arrest by the Farmville police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at farmvilleva.gov/279/Freedom-of-information-Act-FOIA (page title: Freedom of information Act (FOIA) | Farmville, VA), phone 434-392-9259, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 434-392-8101.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Commonwealth's Attorney, (434) 392-1902, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Prince Edward Circuit Court, through the court records page at vacourts.gov, phone (434) 392-5145.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.prince-edward.va.us/Government/FOIA-Policy (page title: FOIA Rights & Responsibilities | Prince Edward County).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
The Prince Edward County guide covers every agency in the county: Prince Edward County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Farmville each year?
Farmville reported 262 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Farmville?
Ask the Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office at 434-392-8101; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.prince-edward.va.us/Departments/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Farmville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Farmville?
The court files of criminal cases in the Prince Edward Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Virginia State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Farmville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Farmville police for its own arrests, the Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 working days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.prince-edward.va.us/Government/FOIA-Policy.
Is this the official Farmville 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.