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 25, 2026.
Giles County, Virginia, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Giles County Sheriff's Office, four 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 Giles 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: Giles County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Giles County
The Giles County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Giles County. It reported 138 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Giles County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Pearisburg, 2,857 residents: 87 arrests reported for 2025.
- Narrows, 2,040 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Pembroke, 1,135 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
- Rich Creek, 734 residents: 12 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 Giles County: the Giles County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Giles 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.
- Giles County Sheriff's Office: 138 for 2025, 141 for 2024, 164 for 2023, 160 for 2022, 189 for 2021 and 238 for 2020.
- Pearisburg: 87 for 2025, 83 for 2024, 86 for 2023, 132 for 2022, 105 for 2021 and 161 for 2020.
- Rich Creek: 12 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 10 for 2022, 17 for 2021, 28 for 2020 and 33 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Pembroke: 4 for 2025, 16 for 2024, 11 for 2022 and 14 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Narrows: 4 for 2025 and 2 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 245 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 241 in 2025 against 256 in 2024, down 5.9 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 151 arrests, against 148 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Giles County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Giles County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 59 people, down from about 87 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 82 beds, and it ran at 74 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 Giles County Sheriff's Office at gilessd.com (page title: Welcome to the Giles County Sheriff's Department), phone 800-682-0707, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 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 Giles County
For Giles County the place to look is the case index of the Giles Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.state.va.us/courts/circuit/giles/home, phone (540) 921-1722).
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 Giles 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 Giles County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 800-682-0707.
- An arrest in Pearisburg, Narrows, Pembroke or Rich Creek: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Giles County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Giles Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.state.va.us/courts/circuit/giles/home, phone (540) 921-1722.
- 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 Giles County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Giles County: Pearisburg, Narrows, Pembroke and Rich Creek. Glen Lyn 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 Giles Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Giles County each year?
The Giles County Sheriff's Office reported 138 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 245 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Giles County?
Ask the Giles County Sheriff's Office at 800-682-0707; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gilessd.com.
Where are people arrested in Giles County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Giles County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Giles County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Giles 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 Giles County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Giles 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 Giles 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.