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 October 9, 2026.
Warren County, Virginia, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Warren County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Warren 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: Warren County public records, Virginia arrest records, Virginia inmate search and Virginia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Warren County
The Warren County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Warren County. It reported 679 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Warren County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Front Royal, 15,628 residents: 707 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 Warren County: the Warren County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Warren 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.
- Front Royal: 707 for 2025, 869 for 2024, 1,062 for 2023, 914 for 2022, 792 for 2021 and 930 for 2020.
- Warren County Sheriff's Office: 679 for 2025, 656 for 2024, 405 for 2023, 543 for 2022, 668 for 2021 and 720 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,386 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,386 in 2025 against 1,525 in 2024, down 9.1 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 803 arrests, against 817 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Warren County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Warren 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 2025 the jail held about 290 people, up from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 173 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 custody page of the Warren County Sheriff's Office at warrencountyva.gov/356/Inmate-Lookup-RSW-Regional-Jail (page title: Inmate Lookup | RSW Regional Jail | Warren County, VA), phone 540-622-6097, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Warren County
Whether someone was arrested in Warren County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Warren County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Warren Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountyva.gov/m/directory/department?did=17, phone 540-635-2435); the Commonwealth's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at warrencountyva.gov/178/Commonwealths-Attorney, phone 540-635-5441).
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 Warren 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 540-622-6097.
- An arrest in Front Royal: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Warren 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, 540-635-5441, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Warren Circuit Court, through the court records page at warrencountyva.gov, phone 540-635-2435.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountyva.nextrequest.com (page title: Request for Information (FOIA)NextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- 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 Warren County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Warren County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Front Royal, the one city in Warren County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Warren Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Warren County each year?
Front Royal reported 707 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,386 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Warren County?
Look on the custody page of the Warren County Sheriff's Office at warrencountyva.gov, or call 540-622-6097. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Warren County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Warren County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Warren 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 Warren County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Warren 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 warrencountyva.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Warren 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.