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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 28, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Franklin County, Vermont, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, two 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 a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, and, if the State's Attorney files charges, a case in the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit. 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: Franklin County public records, Vermont arrest records, Vermont inmate search and Vermont criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin County
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Franklin County. It reported 77 arrests for 2025. In Vermont the police for a given address is the town police, the county sheriff or the Vermont State Police, whichever took the call.
Arrests inside two 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:
- St. Albans, 7,031 residents: 835 arrests reported for 2025.
- Swanton, 2,382 residents: 112 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 Franklin County: the St. Albans State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Franklin 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.
- St. Albans: 835 for 2025, 848 for 2024, 481 for 2023, 371 for 2022, 316 for 2021 and 511 for 2020.
- Swanton: 112 for 2025, 92 for 2024, 105 for 2023, 83 for 2022, 88 for 2021 and 66 for 2020.
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office: 77 for 2025, 152 for 2024, 286 for 2023, 338 for 2022, 164 for 2021 and 113 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,024 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,024 in 2025 against 1,092 in 2024, down 6.2 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin County Are Held
Vermont has no county jails. A person held after an arrest in Franklin County is in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail and prison in the state, so one inmate lookup covers the whole state.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Vermont Department of Corrections lists its inmates at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Franklin County
An arrest in Franklin County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator, for anyone held; the case index of the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at vtcourts.gov/court-locations/franklin-civil-division, phone 802-524-7993); the State's Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at vtbar.org/gov-scott-appoints-bram-kranichfield-as-franklin-county-s..., phone 802-223-2020).
Statewide, Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
Vermont is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name, through the Vermont Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Franklin 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 Vermont Public Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, and staff time after the first 30 minutes.
- An arrest by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 802-524-2121.
- An arrest in St. Albans or Swanton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the St. Albans State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State's Attorney, 802-223-2020, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit, through the court records page at vtcourts.gov, phone 802-524-7993.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Franklin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Franklin County: St. Albans and Swanton. Enosburg Falls has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Franklin County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- St. Albans (7,031)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin County each year?
St. Albans reported 835 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,024 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Franklin County?
Through the Vermont Department of Corrections's inmate locator at vermont.gov/service/offender-locator; the department holds everyone in custody in Vermont.
Where are people arrested in Franklin County booked?
In a facility of the Vermont Department of Corrections, which runs every jail in Vermont.
Are arrest records public in Franklin County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Vermont Crime Information Center: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Vermont Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Franklin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Vermont Public Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Franklin 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.