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 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Nottoway County, Virginia, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Nottoway County Sheriff's Office, three 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 Nottoway 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: Nottoway County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Nottoway County
The Nottoway County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Nottoway County. It reported 90 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Blackstone, 3,344 residents: 198 arrests reported for 2025.
- Crewe, 2,248 residents: 52 arrests reported for 2025.
- Burkeville, 419 residents: 4 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 Nottoway County: the Nottoway County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Nottoway 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.
- Blackstone: 198 for 2025, 111 for 2024, 127 for 2023, 200 for 2022, 156 for 2021 and 140 for 2020.
- Nottoway County Sheriff's Office: 90 for 2025, 101 for 2024, 96 for 2023, 53 for 2022, 77 for 2021 and 117 for 2020.
- Crewe: 52 for 2025, 40 for 2024, 38 for 2023, 42 for 2022, 57 for 2021 and 40 for 2020.
- Burkeville: 4 for 2025 and 0 for 2020; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 344 arrests that year. The three of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 340 in 2025 against 252 in 2024, up 35 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 205 arrests, against 173 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Nottoway County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Nottoway County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 73 people, down from about 77 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 48 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 jail page of the Nottoway County Sheriff's Office at jpay.com/Facility-Details/Virginia-Department-of-Corrections/Nottow... (page title: Nottoway Correctional Center), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
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 Nottoway County
An arrest in Nottoway County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Nottoway Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at nottoway.org/services/courts/index.php); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at nottoway.org/constitutional_officers/commonwealth_s_attorney/index.php, phone (434) 645-8268).
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 Nottoway 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 Nottoway County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Blackstone, Crewe or Burkeville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Nottoway 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, (434) 645-8268, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Nottoway Circuit Court, through the court records page at nottoway.org/services/courts/index.php.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nottoway.org/administration/foia.php (page title: Welcome to Nottoway 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.
The other Nottoway County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, police reports and property records.
Cities in Nottoway County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Nottoway County: Blackstone, Crewe and Burkeville.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Nottoway Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Nottoway County each year?
Blackstone reported 198 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 344 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Nottoway County?
Ask the Nottoway County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at jpay.com.
Where are people arrested in Nottoway County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Nottoway County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Nottoway County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Nottoway 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 Nottoway County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Nottoway 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 nottoway.org/administration/foia.php.
Is this the official Nottoway 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.