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 24, 2026.
Shenandoah County, Virginia, has about 45,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office, four 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 Shenandoah 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: Shenandoah County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Shenandoah County
The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Shenandoah County. It reported 312 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four 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:
- Strasburg, 7,290 residents: 120 arrests reported for 2025.
- Woodstock, 5,954 residents: 169 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Market, 2,202 residents: 19 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mount Jackson, 2,019 residents: 14 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 Shenandoah County: the Shenandoah County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Shenandoah 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.
- Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office: 312 for 2025, 256 for 2024, 178 for 2023, 490 for 2022, 587 for 2021 and 775 for 2020.
- Woodstock: 169 for 2025, 167 for 2024, 160 for 2023, 130 for 2022, 146 for 2021 and 202 for 2020.
- Strasburg: 120 for 2025, 158 for 2024, 198 for 2023, 125 for 2022, 159 for 2021 and 224 for 2020.
- New Market: 19 for 2025, 18 for 2024, 22 for 2022, 18 for 2021, 29 for 2020 and 18 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Mount Jackson: 14 for 2025, 12 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 20 for 2022, 25 for 2021 and 16 for 2020.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 634 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 634 in 2025 against 611 in 2024, up 3.8 percent.
Through July 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 419 arrests, against 345 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Shenandoah County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shenandoah 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 140 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 174 beds, and it ran at 80 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 Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office at shencosheriff.com (page title: Shenandoah County Sheriff's Offic), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Shenandoah County
Whether someone was arrested in Shenandoah County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Shenandoah Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at shenandoahcountyva.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=30); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at shenandoahcountyva.gov/m/directory/department?did=12, phone 540-459-6129).
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 Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Strasburg, Woodstock, New Market or Mount Jackson: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Shenandoah 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, 540-459-6129, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Shenandoah Circuit Court, through the court records page at shenandoahcountyva.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=30.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at shenandoahcountyva.gov (page title: The Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) | Shenandoah County, VA).
- 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 Shenandoah County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Shenandoah County: Strasburg, Woodstock, New Market and Mount Jackson. Edinburg and Toms Brook have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Shenandoah Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Shenandoah County each year?
The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office reported 312 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 634 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Shenandoah County?
Ask the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at shencosheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Shenandoah County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Shenandoah County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Shenandoah 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 shenandoahcountyva.gov.
Is this the official Shenandoah 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.