Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Northumberland County, Virginia, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Virginia the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Circuit Court Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Virginia State Police is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Northumberland County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Northumberland County public records, Northumberland County arrest records, Northumberland County warrants, Northumberland County inmate search, Northumberland County court records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Northumberland Circuit Court
A criminal case from Northumberland County is filed in the Northumberland Circuit Court or the General District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and smaller civil cases; the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court takes family and juvenile cases, and the court file, kept by the Circuit Court Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.northumberland.va.us/1303/Court-Information (page title: Court Information | Northumberland County, VA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
The Virginia Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Virginia State Police is closed to the public in Virginia: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Northumberland County
The Northumberland County Sheriff's Office keeps the arrest records in Northumberland County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Northumberland County: the Northumberland County State Police (state police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Kilmarnock Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Northumberland County, so its arrests are not broken out for Northumberland County here.
The Northumberland County Sheriff's Office reported 105 arrests to the FBI for 2025; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Northumberland County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Northumberland County in 2025
The one agency in Northumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 34 violent and 71 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 105 crimes in 2025 against 94 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Northumberland County public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Northumberland County
Registered sex offenders living in Northumberland County are listed on the Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry, run by the Virginia State Police. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Northumberland County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act a county office must answer a request within 5 working days, and it may charge the actual cost of searching and copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Northumberland County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Northumberland 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.
Can I search Northumberland County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.northumberland.va.us (page title: Court Information | Northumberland County, VA). Statewide, Online Case Information System is the Virginia courts' free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Virginia criminal history?
Through a request to the State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange; a check on someone else needs their signed consent.
Is this the official Northumberland 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.