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.
Greensville County, Virginia, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greensville County Sheriff's Office 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 Greensville 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: Greensville County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greensville County
The Greensville County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greensville County. It reported 247 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Greensville County: the Greensville County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Greensville County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Greensville County Sheriff's Office: 247 for 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greensville County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greensville 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 2024 the jail held about 100 people, up from about 95 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 71 beds, and it ran at 186 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 Greensville County Sheriff's Office at greensvillecountyva.gov/departments/courts___legal/sheriff_s_office... (page title: Greensville County, VA), phone (434) 348-4200, 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 Greensville County
Whether someone was arrested in Greensville County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: Online Case Information System, the Virginia courts' free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greensvillecountyva.gov/departments/courts___legal/commonwealths_at..., phone (434) 348-4285).
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 Greensville 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 Greensville County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (434) 348-4200.
- An arrest by the Greensville 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) 348-4285, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greensvillecountyva.gov (page title: Greensville 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.
Cities in Greensville County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Greensville County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Greensville Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greensville County each year?
The Greensville County Sheriff's Office reported 247 arrests to the FBI for 2021, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greensville County?
Ask the Greensville County Sheriff's Office at (434) 348-4200; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greensvillecountyva.gov.
Where are people arrested in Greensville County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greensville County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greensville County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Greensville 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 Greensville County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greensville 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greensvillecountyva.gov.
Is this the official Greensville 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.