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 2, 2026.
Lunenburg County, Virginia, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg 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: Lunenburg County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lunenburg County
The Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lunenburg County. It reported 42 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Lunenburg County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Victoria, 1,743 residents: 22 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kenbridge, 1,111 residents: 24 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 Lunenburg County: the Lunenburg County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lunenburg 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.
- Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office: 42 for 2025, 54 for 2024, 46 for 2023, 32 for 2022, 35 for 2021 and 103 for 2020.
- Kenbridge: 24 for 2025, 13 for 2024, 13 for 2023, 26 for 2022, 23 for 2021 and 7 for 2020.
- Victoria: 22 for 2025, 29 for 2024, 30 for 2020 and 48 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 88 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 88 in 2025 against 96 in 2024, down 8.3 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lunenburg County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lunenburg 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 52 people, down from about 55 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 34 beds, and it ran at 115 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 Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office at polkncsheriff.com/virginia/state/lunenburg-correctional-center (page title: Lunenburg Correctional Center Inmate Search, Visitation, Phone no. & Mailing Information), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Lunenburg County
An arrest in Lunenburg County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Lunenburg Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vacourts.gov/courts/circuit/lunenburg/home, phone (434) 696-2132).
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 Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Victoria or Kenbridge: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Lunenburg County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lunenburg Circuit Court, through the court records page at vacourts.gov/courts/circuit/lunenburg/home, phone (434) 696-2132.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lunenburgva.gov (page title: Lunenburg County, Virginia).
- 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 Lunenburg County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Lunenburg County: Victoria and Kenbridge.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Lunenburg Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lunenburg County each year?
The Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office reported 42 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 88 between them.
Where are people arrested in Lunenburg County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lunenburg County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lunenburg 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 lunenburgva.gov.
Is this the official Lunenburg 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.