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.
Fauquier County, Virginia, has about 76,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies 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 Fauquier 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: Fauquier County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fauquier County
The Fauquier County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Fauquier County. It reported 1,016 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Fauquier County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Warrenton, 10,224 residents: 106 arrests reported for 2025.
- Remington, 643 residents.
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 Fauquier County: the Fauquier County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Fauquier 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.
- Fauquier County Sheriff's Office: 1,016 for 2025, 1,054 for 2024, 1,006 for 2023, 1,027 for 2022, 1,149 for 2021 and 1,136 for 2020.
- Warrenton: 106 for 2025, 165 for 2024, 212 for 2023, 209 for 2022, 268 for 2021 and 241 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,122 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,122 in 2025 against 1,219 in 2024, down 8 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 421 arrests, against 653 in the same months of 2025.
Remington reported only part of 2025 (1 month) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fauquier County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fauquier 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 46 people, down from about 230 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 312 beds, and it ran at 67 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 Virginia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fauquier County
An arrest in Fauquier County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Fauquier Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at fauquiercounty.gov/how-do-i/view/my-court-case); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at fauquiercounty.gov/government/departments-a-g/commonwealth-s-attorney, phone 540-422-8120).
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 Fauquier 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 Fauquier County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Warrenton or Remington: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the Fauquier 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, 540-422-8120, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fauquier Circuit Court, through the court records page at fauquiercounty.gov.
- 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 Fauquier County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Fauquier County: Warrenton and Remington. The Plains has 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 Fauquier Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Fauquier County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Warrenton (10,224)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fauquier County each year?
The Fauquier County Sheriff's Office reported 1,016 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,122 between them.
Where are people arrested in Fauquier County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fauquier County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Fauquier 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 Fauquier County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fauquier 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 Fauquier 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.