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 30, 2026.
Middlesex County, Virginia, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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: Middlesex County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Middlesex County
The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Middlesex County. It reported 347 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Middlesex County: the Middlesex County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Middlesex 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.
- Middlesex County Sheriff's Office: 347 for 2025, 363 for 2024, 282 for 2023, 230 for 2022, 148 for 2021 and 107 for 2020.
The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office's 347 arrests in 2025 were down 4.4 percent from 363 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Middlesex County Sheriff's Office reported 191 arrests, against 226 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Middlesex County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Middlesex 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 2025 the jail held about 180 people, up from about 44 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office at co.middlesex.va.us/198/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Middlesex County, VA), phone 804-758-1335, 2788 General Puller Highway Saluda, VA 23149, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Middlesex County
An arrest in Middlesex County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: 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 co.middlesex.va.us/235/Commonwealths-Attorney-Office, phone 800-552-7977).
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 Middlesex County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Middlesex County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 804-758-1335.
- An arrest by the Middlesex 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, 800-552-7977, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.middlesex.va.us (page title: MAKE A PUBLIC RECORDS (FOIA) REQUEST).
- 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 Middlesex County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Middlesex 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 Middlesex Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Middlesex County each year?
The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office reported 347 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Middlesex County?
Ask the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office at 804-758-1335; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.middlesex.va.us/198/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Middlesex County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Middlesex County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Middlesex 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 Middlesex County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Middlesex 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 co.middlesex.va.us.
Is this the official Middlesex 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.