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 October 1, 2026.
King and Queen County, Virginia, has about 6,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the King and Queen 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 King and Queen 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 and common questions.
Related guides: King and Queen County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in King and Queen County
The King and Queen County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for King and Queen County. It reported 58 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in King and Queen County: the King and Queen County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The King and Queen County Sheriff's Office 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.
- King and Queen County Sheriff's Office: 58 for 2025, 58 for 2024, 105 for 2021, 152 for 2020 and 206 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Through July 2026, King and Queen County Sheriff's Office reported 45 arrests, against 35 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in King and Queen County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in King and Queen 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 32 people, up from about 31 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the King and Queen County Sheriff's Office at inmatelocator.countyofkings.com (page title: Kings County Inmate Locator), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 King and Queen County
Whether someone was arrested in King and Queen County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the King and Queen County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the King and Queen Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at kingandqueenco.net/circuit-court, phone (804) 785-5984); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at kwc.gov/187/Commonwealths-Attorney, phone 804-769-4211).
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 King and Queen 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 King and Queen County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the King and Queen 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, 804-769-4211, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the King and Queen Circuit Court, through the court records page at kingandqueenco.net/circuit-court, phone (804) 785-5984.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in King and Queen County each year?
The King and Queen County Sheriff's Office reported 58 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in King and Queen County?
Look on the custody page of the King and Queen County Sheriff's Office at inmatelocator.countyofkings.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in King and Queen County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the King and Queen County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in King and Queen County?
The court files of criminal cases in the King and Queen 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 King and Queen County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the King and Queen 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 King and Queen 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.