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 on September 23, 2026.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, has about 152,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office and two campus, state or other agencies. 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 Spotsylvania 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Spotsylvania County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Spotsylvania County
The Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Spotsylvania County. It reported 2,653 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Spotsylvania County: Germanna Community College (campus police); the Spotsylvania County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Spotsylvania 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.
- Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office: 2,653 for 2025, 2,054 for 2024, 1,956 for 2023, 1,599 for 2020 and 1,607 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
The Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office's 2,653 arrests in 2025 were up 29 percent from 2,054 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office reported 1,256 arrests, against 1,269 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Spotsylvania County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Spotsylvania 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 460 people, down from about 550 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 506 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office at spotsylvania.va.us/3234/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Spotsylvania County, VA), phone 540-507-7000, 9104 Courthouse Road Spotsylvania, VA 22553, 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 Spotsylvania County
Whether someone was arrested in Spotsylvania County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: 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 spotsylvania.va.us/782/About-The-Commonwealths-Attorneys-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 Spotsylvania 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 Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 540-507-7000.
- An arrest by Germanna Community College or the Spotsylvania 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 spotsylvania.va.us/882/FOIA-Records-Request (page title: FOIA Records Request | Spotsylvania 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Spotsylvania County each year?
The Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office reported 2,653 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Spotsylvania County?
Ask the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office at 540-507-7000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at spotsylvania.va.us/3234/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Spotsylvania County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Spotsylvania County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Spotsylvania 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 Spotsylvania County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Spotsylvania 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 spotsylvania.va.us/882/FOIA-Records-Request.
Is this the official Spotsylvania 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.