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.
Page County, Virginia, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Page 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 Page 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: Page County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Page County
The Page County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Page County. It reported 233 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists three cities in Page County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Luray, 4,813 residents: 125 arrests reported for 2025.
- Shenandoah, 2,467 residents: 17 arrests reported for 2025.
- Stanley, 1,696 residents: 8 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 Page County: the Page County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Page County
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.
- Page County Sheriff's Office: 233 for 2025, 222 for 2024, 236 for 2023, 261 for 2022, 180 for 2021 and 221 for 2020.
- Luray: 125 for 2025, 176 for 2024, 213 for 2023, 251 for 2022, 225 for 2021 and 143 for 2020.
- Shenandoah: 17 for 2025, 32 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 27 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 15 for 2020.
- Stanley: 8 for 2025, 9 for 2024, 21 for 2022, 9 for 2021, 25 for 2020 and 19 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 383 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 383 in 2025 against 439 in 2024, down 13 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 229 arrests, against 206 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Page County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Page 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 2025 the jail held about 71 people, up from about 71 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 34 beds, and it ran at 209 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 Page County Sheriff's Office at pagesheriff.com/division-jail (page title: Division | Jail | Page County Sheriff's Office), phone 540-843-3339, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Page County
Whether someone was arrested in Page County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Page Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vacourts.gov/caseinfo/home); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pagecounty.virginia.gov/165/Commonwealth-Attorney, phone 540-743-4517).
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 Page 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 Page County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 540-843-3339.
- An arrest in Luray, Shenandoah or Stanley: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Page 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, 540-743-4517, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Page Circuit Court, through the court records page at vacourts.gov/caseinfo/home.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pagecounty.virginia.gov (page title: Form Center, Request for Public Records).
- 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 Page County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Page County: Luray, Shenandoah and Stanley.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Page Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Page County each year?
The Page County Sheriff's Office reported 233 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 383 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Page County?
Ask the Page County Sheriff's Office at 540-843-3339; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pagesheriff.com/division-jail.
Where are people arrested in Page County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Page County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Page County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Page 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 Page County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Page 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 pagecounty.virginia.gov.
Is this the official Page 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.