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.
Purcellville, Virginia, in Loudoun County, has about 9,000 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 Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Loudoun 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: Purcellville public records, Loudoun County arrest records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Purcellville
The FBI lists Purcellville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Purcellville Police Department. It reported 46 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 Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 4,385 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Loudoun County: the Loudoun County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Purcellville Reports
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.
- Purcellville: 46 for 2025, 61 for 2024, 68 for 2022, 71 for 2021 and 153 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.
Purcellville's 46 arrests in 2025 were down 25 percent from 61 in 2024.
Through March 2026, Purcellville reported 13 arrests, against 10 in the same months of 2025.
Across Loudoun County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,210 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Purcellville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Purcellville 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 280 people, down from about 390 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 476 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Loudoun County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.loudoun.gov (page title: Sheriff | Loudoun County, VA), phone 703-777-1021, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Virginia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Purcellville
For Purcellville the place to look is Online Case Information System, the Virginia courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Purcellville
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 Purcellville police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at purcellvilleva.gov/894/Records-Services (page title: Records Services | Purcellville, VA), phone 540-338-7422, Tuesday 10:00 AM to Noon or Thursday 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 703-777-1021.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at loudoun.gov (page title: Submit a Request for Public Records | Loudoun County, VA).
- Your own statewide record: a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
The Loudoun County guide covers every agency in the county: Loudoun County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Purcellville each year?
Purcellville reported 46 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Purcellville?
Ask the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office at 703-777-1021; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.loudoun.gov.
Where are people arrested in Purcellville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Purcellville?
The court files of criminal cases in the Loudoun 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 Purcellville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Purcellville police for its own arrests, the Loudoun 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 loudoun.gov.
Is this the official Purcellville 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.