Virginia Beach Busted Mugshots

Virginia Beach busted mugshots and arrest records come from the Virginia Beach Police Department, the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office, and the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. Virginia Beach is an independent city and the most populous in Virginia. Booking photos from arrests made in the city are public under Virginia law. The Sheriff's Office runs the jail and publishes an online inmate lookup system. This page explains how to search those records, what they contain, and what the law says about access.

Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office Inmate Lookup

The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office operates the Virginia Beach Correctional Center and provides an online inmate lookup system. The system can be searched by name or by identifier using a dropdown menu. Results show current inmates, charges, bond information, and mugshots. This is one of the most direct ways to find recent Virginia Beach booking photos. The inmate lookup system is updated regularly and can be searched from the Sheriff's Office website.

The Virginia Beach Correctional Center is one of the largest city jails in Virginia. The average daily population is about 1,000 inmates. The facility houses people awaiting trial, inmates serving local sentences, and convicted persons awaiting transfer to state prison. The Sheriff's Office has a $74 million annual budget, with more than 75% going to correctional operations. The facility earns consistent high marks on state and federal audits, including inspections from the U.S. Marshals Service and Virginia Department of Corrections.

You can reach the Sheriff's Office by mail at P.O. Box 6098, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456. Phone contact is available at (757) 385-1971. If you need to submit a formal FOIA request for booking records or mugshots, the Sheriff's Office accepts them under the standard Virginia FOIA process.

The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office website is the best starting point for current inmate information. The inmate lookup shows charges, bonding status, and mugshots for people currently in custody.

The Sheriff's Office inmate lookup at inmateinfo.vbso.net:8083/IML allows searches by full name or identifier. Results typically include booking photos, charges, and bond amounts for current inmates.

Virginia Beach Police Department Arrest Records

The Virginia Beach Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city. The Records Unit is located at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, Building 11, at 2509 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23456. You can reach the department by email at vbpd@vbgov.com. FOIA requests for arrest records and incident reports go to the Records Unit.

Virginia Beach had 25,093 total arrests in 2022. Of those, 16,952 were adult misdemeanors, 6,639 were adult felonies, 1,123 were juvenile misdemeanors, and 329 were juvenile felonies. Males made up 18,548 of those arrests, females 6,542. In 2023, the department recorded 8,339 Part I crime incidents. Violent crimes accounted for 533 of those, a 6.4% decrease from 2022. Property crimes dropped 7% year over year. Larcenies from vehicles fell 36%, and motor vehicle thefts hit a four-year low.

Under Virginia Code §2.2-3706, adult booking photographs taken during initial intake must be released when requested. The Virginia Beach Police Department address for mailed FOIA requests is 2509 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23456. The agency must respond within five working days. Records you can get include arrest logs, incident reports, and mugshots for adult arrests.

Virginia Beach Circuit Court Criminal Records

Felony cases in Virginia Beach go to the Virginia Beach Circuit Court. The circuit court clerk keeps full criminal case files, including filings, motions, hearings, and verdicts. These records are public and accessible in person at the clerk's office. If you want to know what happened after someone was booked, the circuit court is where that legal history is recorded.

The Virginia Judiciary Online Case Information System gives free online access to circuit court records including Virginia Beach. Search by name or case number to find case status, charges, and hearing dates. The system does not show booking photos, but it is a fast and free way to check the legal outcome of a Virginia Beach arrest without going to the courthouse.

The Virginia Beach General District Court handles misdemeanor criminal cases and maintains its own set of records. Many of those are also searchable through the statewide online case system. The Central Criminal Records Exchange, governed by Title 19.2, Chapter 23, holds all Virginia Beach arrest data submitted by local law enforcement. It is the authoritative statewide repository.

What Virginia Beach Arrest Records Contain

Public arrest records in Virginia Beach are more detailed than people often realize. Beyond just the name and charge, they typically include the age and date of birth of the arrested person, a physical description, the date and time of arrest, and the location where the arrest took place. The arresting agency is named, and often the arresting officer too. Bail and bond information is included when it applies. The booking number ties the record together.

Mugshots are part of the booking record. They are taken at the time of initial intake and become public under §2.2-3706(A)(2). Retention schedules set by the Library of Virginia require that adult arrest records be kept for 100 years from the person's birth. Deceased adult arrest records are removed one year after death notification. Juvenile arrest records are kept for 23 years from birth but are not public. Arrestee property records are retained for three years.

Virginia Beach does not maintain one centralized online mugshot database with all booking photos available at once. To find recent bookings, the Sheriff's Office inmate lookup is the most direct tool. For past arrests, a formal FOIA request to the Police Department or Sheriff is the right path. The statewide database at virginia.arrests.org aggregates public booking data and can also be a useful starting point.

Virginia Statewide Resources

For a comprehensive criminal history check, the Virginia State Police Central Criminal Records Exchange is the official source. A name-based search is $15 using form SP-167. Payment must be a certified check, money order, business check, or credit card. Turnaround is about 15 days. The CCRE holds Virginia Beach arrest data along with records from every other jurisdiction in the state.

The Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is searchable online for free. It shows registered offenders' photos, addresses, and conviction details. The registry is updated every business day. Virginia Beach-area registered sex offenders appear in the system and can be filtered by city or zip code.

VINE at vinelink.com is the statewide notification service for jail custody status. You can look up anyone held in a Virginia jail, including the Virginia Beach Correctional Center, and register for alerts when their status changes. The service is free and available online or by phone.

Note: If someone was convicted and sent to a state facility, use the VADOC Offender Locator instead of the local jail system.

Expungement of Virginia Beach Arrest Records

Virginia allows expungement of arrest records for people whose charges were dismissed or who were acquitted. Under §19.2-392.2, you file a Petition for Expungement with the Virginia Beach Circuit Court. The petition is served to the prosecuting attorney, who has 21 days to respond. You provide fingerprints to a law enforcement agency, which submits them to the CCRE with your petition. The court holds a hearing and decides.

If approved, the clerk sends the expungement order to the Virginia Department of State Police. The record is removed from public view. Courts and law enforcement can still access it. Third-party websites that published the mugshot before expungement may not remove it automatically. You may need to contact those sites separately to request removal. Virginia law does not require private websites to take down lawfully published records.

Virginia's new record sealing law, effective July 1, 2026, extends some relief to people with eligible convictions. This is different from expungement. The FOIA Council at foiacouncil.dls.virginia.gov handles questions about public records law in Virginia.

Nearby Cities

These Hampton Roads cities are near Virginia Beach and each maintains separate arrest records through city agencies.