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 9, 2026.
King George County, Virginia, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the King George 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 George 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 George County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in King George County
The King George County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for King George County. It reported 469 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in King George County: the King George County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The King George 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.
- King George County Sheriff's Office: 469 for 2025, 456 for 2024, 516 for 2023, 425 for 2022, 352 for 2021 and 372 for 2020.
The King George County Sheriff's Office's 469 arrests in 2025 were up 2.9 percent from 456 in 2024.
Through July 2026, King George County Sheriff's Office reported 172 arrests, against 289 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in King George County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in King George 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 90 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 98 beds, and it ran at 83 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the King George County Sheriff's Office at inmatelocator.countyofkings.com (page title: Kings County Inmate Locator), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 George County
An arrest in King George County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the King George County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the King George Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at kinggeorgecountyva.gov/742/Civil-and-Criminal-Cases, phone 804-775-0808); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at kinggeorgecountyva.gov/176/Commonwealths-Attorney, phone 540-775-4442).
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 George 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 George County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the King George 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, 540-775-4442, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the King George Circuit Court, through the court records page at kinggeorgecountyva.gov, phone 804-775-0808.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at kinggeorgecountyva.gov (page title: Public Records (FOIA) Requests | King George 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.
The other King George County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in King George County each year?
The King George County Sheriff's Office reported 469 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in King George County?
Look on the custody page of the King George County Sheriff's Office at inmatelocator.countyofkings.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in King George County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the King George County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in King George County?
The court files of criminal cases in the King George 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 George County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the King George 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 kinggeorgecountyva.gov.
Is this the official King George 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.