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 1, 2026.
Apache County, Arizona, has about 65,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Apache County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Apache County Superior 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: Apache County public records, Arizona arrest records, Arizona inmate search and Arizona criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Apache County
The Apache County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Apache County. It reported 176 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Apache County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- St. Johns, 3,352 residents: 172 arrests reported for 2024.
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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Apache County
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.
- Apache County Sheriff's Office: 176 for 2024 and 156 for 2022; 2023 is missing months.
- St. Johns: 172 for 2024, 227 for 2023, 259 for 2022, 245 for 2020 and 331 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Round Valley: 71 for 2022, 98 for 2021, 199 for 2020 and 153 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 348 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 172 in 2024 against 227 in 2023, down 24 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Apache County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Apache 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 2021 the jail held about 69 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 160 beds, and it ran at 68 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 Apache County Sheriff's Office at apachecounty.citizenrims.com (page title: Apache County Inmate Search | CitizenRIMS), 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 sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry lists its inmates at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Apache County
An arrest in Apache County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Apache County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; Public Access to Court Information, the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Apache County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Apache County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in St. Johns: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review Packet, fingerprint-based, from the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Apache County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Apache County: St. Johns. Eagar and Springerville have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Round Valley Police Department as a city agency in Apache County; Round Valley is not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Apache County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Apache County each year?
The Apache County Sheriff's Office reported 176 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 348 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Apache County?
Look on the custody page of the Apache County Sheriff's Office at apachecounty.citizenrims.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Apache County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Apache County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Apache County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Apache 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 Apache County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Apache County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Arizona Public Records Law the answer is due promptly, with no fixed number of days in the statute.
Is this the official Apache 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.