In Fulton County, Georgia, Deputy Marshals execute arrest warrants for both felony and misdemeanor criminal acts originating from the County Magistrate Court and warrants for misdemeanor probation violations the county State Court puts out. The sheriff’s office provides warrant information, and the police departments of certain cities within the county also publish some information, although not all departments will do so. These warrants include active warrants, which have been issued but not yet executed – in other words, an officer has not, however, arrested the offender – as well as outstanding warrants, which are warrants that have been active for a sufficiently long time without the named offender being arrested. They also include bench warrants. These are issued when the offender does not appear in court on the assigned date, and the judge accordingly orders his or her arrest.
If you wish to search for active or outstanding warrants in Fulton County yourself, you can contact the Sheriff Department. However, the Sheriff’s department will only provide the warrant status’s full details if asked by the individual for whom the warrant was issued, who must appear in person with a government-issued ID at either the Sheriff’s office or the Fulton County Jail. Atlanta and East Point’s cities post information about some arrest warrants online; Atlanta only provides information about the Most Wanted offenders http://www.atlantapd.org/i-want-to/most-wanted, while East Point has an index of all active and outstanding warrants, which can be found by going to http://www.eastpointcity.org. The Georgia Department of Corrections also has a detailed, searchable database of offenders found on their webpage at http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/Offender/Query, and the Fulton County Police Department keeps arrest records in their precinct at 130 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30303.
For an arrest records check, you also have the option to turn to the search form above, which is strictly confidential.
Is it possible to get information on Fulton County arrests and warrants over the phone? (2021-update)
- For details on recent arrests, bonding procedure, charges against the detainee, and bail amount, call the Main Jail front desk at (404) 613-2002 or (404) 662-3516.
- For information about sex offenders, get in touch with the Sheriff’s Department at (404) 612-9130.
- For a warrant search and inquiries pertaining to background checks, get in touch with the GCIC Unit at (404) 612-5129.
- For details on accessing judicial records of criminal matters, call the Clerk of the Superior and Magistrate’s Court at 404-612-8482.
- For information on the Victim-Witness Assistance Program, call 404-612-6883.
Crime Statistics of Fulton County, GA
Around 33,000 criminal cases were handled by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in 2019. Although at first glance this comes across as a worrisome law and order scenario, it was a marked improvement over the nearly 47,000 cases they received in 2018.
Larceny theft cases with over 21,000 cases had the highest frequency of all property crimes, followed by motor vehicle theft with almost 4,000 complaints. In the violent crimes category, almost 3000 complaints were filed against aggravated assaults.
Between 2008 and 2010, almost 208,000 crimes occurred in Fulton County, Georgia. These crimes included murder, rape, robbery, assault, larceny, and automobile theft. However, the numbers are dropping slightly. For example, in 2008, the total number of crimes was approximately 76,200. In 2009, that number had fallen to a total of about 67,400, almost ten thousand fewer crimes than the previous year. In 2010 the number dropped again by nearly 5,500 crimes, down to an estimated 62,000. Still, although Georgia is ninth in the nation in size, it is fifth nationally in the number of citizens who have been imprisoned – and a large number of those are recidivists. The statistics are sobering.