Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. 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 September 25, 2026.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona, in Mohave County, has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Mohave County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Lake Havasu City public records, Mohave County arrest records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lake Havasu City
The FBI lists Lake Havasu City with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Lake Havasu City Police Department. It reported 2,098 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Mohave County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,668 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Mohave County: Mohave County Parks Department, Park Rangers (other).
How Many Arrests Lake Havasu City Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Lake Havasu City: 2,098 for 2025, 2,095 for 2024, 2,341 for 2023, 1,967 for 2022, 2,120 for 2021 and 2,073 for 2020.
Lake Havasu City's 2,098 arrests in 2025 were up 0.1 percent from 2,095 in 2024.
Across Mohave County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,916 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lake Havasu City Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lake Havasu City 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 2023 the jail held about 430 people, down from about 560 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 708 beds, and it ran at 60 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 Mohave County Sheriff's Office at mohave.gov/departments/sheriff/jail (page title: Jail | Mohave County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, whose inmate locator is at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lake Havasu City
Whether someone was arrested in Lake Havasu City, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Mohave County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mohavecourts.com); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at mohave.gov/departments/county-attorney, phone (928) 753-0719).
Statewide, Public Access to Court Information is the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own.
Arizona does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Arizona Department of Public Safety 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 Lake Havasu City
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Arizona Public Records Law the agency must answer promptly, with no fixed number of days in the statute, and it may charge the cost of copies, and more for commercial requests.
- An arrest by the Lake Havasu City police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at lhcaz.gov/277/Police-Reports-Records-Requests (page title: Police Reports & Records Requests | Lake Havasu City, AZ), phone 928-855-1171, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (928) 753-0719, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Mohave County Superior Court, through the court records page at mohavecourts.com.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mohave.gov (page title: Request Public Records | Mohave County).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review Packet, fingerprint-based, from the Department of Public Safety.
The Mohave County guide covers every agency in the county: Mohave County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lake Havasu City each year?
Lake Havasu City reported 2,098 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lake Havasu City?
Ask the Mohave County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mohave.gov/departments/sheriff/jail.
Where are people arrested in Lake Havasu City booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lake Havasu City?
The court files of criminal cases in the Mohave County Superior Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Arizona Department of Public Safety is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Arizona Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lake Havasu City?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lake Havasu City police for its own arrests, the Mohave County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Arizona Public Records Law the answer is due promptly, with no fixed number of days in the statute; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mohave.gov.
Is this the official Lake Havasu City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.