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 24, 2026.
Brunswick County, Virginia, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state 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 Commonwealth's Attorney files charges, a case in the Brunswick 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: Brunswick County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Brunswick County
The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Brunswick County. It reported 289 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists one city in Brunswick County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Lawrenceville, 997 residents: 11 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Brunswick County: the Brunswick County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Brunswick 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.
- Brunswick County Sheriff's Office: 289 for 2022, 313 for 2020 and 328 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Lawrenceville: 11 for 2025, 26 for 2023, 19 for 2022, 10 for 2021 and 20 for 2019; 2020 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 308 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2022 and 2021 complete reported 19 in 2022 against 10 in 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Brunswick County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brunswick 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 2025 the jail held about 230 people, up from about 84 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 88 beds, and it ran at 61 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Brunswick County
An arrest in Brunswick County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Brunswick Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at brunswickco.com/community/courts, phone 434-848-3107); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at brunswickco.com/government/constitutional_officers__elected_officia..., phone 434-848-3122).
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 Brunswick County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Brunswick County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lawrenceville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Brunswick County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Commonwealth's Attorney, 434-848-3122, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Brunswick Circuit Court, through the court records page at brunswickco.com/community/courts, phone 434-848-3107.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
Cities in Brunswick County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Brunswick County: Lawrenceville. Alberta and Brodnax 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 Brunswick Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Brunswick County each year?
The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office reported 289 arrests to the FBI for 2022, and the two agencies with every month of 2022 on file reported 308 between them.
Where are people arrested in Brunswick County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Brunswick County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Brunswick 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 Brunswick County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 working days.
Is this the official Brunswick 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.