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.
Davis, California, in Yolo County, has about 67,000 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 District Attorney files charges, a case in the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo. 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: Davis public records, Yolo County arrest records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Davis
The FBI lists Davis with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Davis Police Department. It reported 1,076 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 Yolo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 954 arrests for 2022.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Yolo County: the Highway Patrol's Woodland Area Office (state police); Union Pacific Railroad in Yolo County (other); the University of California at Davis (campus police).
How Many Arrests Davis Reports
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.
- Davis: 1,076 for 2025, 1,067 for 2024, 833 for 2023, 715 for 2022, 810 for 2020 and 1,208 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Davis's 1,076 arrests in 2025 were up 0.8 percent from 1,067 in 2024.
Through September 2026, Davis reported 786 arrests, against 793 in the same months of 2025.
Across Yolo County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,690 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Davis Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Davis 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 2025 the jail held about 270 people, down from about 330 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 452 beds, and it ran at 77 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 Yolo County Sheriff's Office at yolocountysheriff.com/organization/jail (page title: Detention Services | Yolo County Sheriff’s Office), phone 877-411-5588, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Davis
An arrest in Davis can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at yolo.courts.ca.gov); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ace.yolocounty.gov/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?BID=61, phone 530-666-8180).
California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice 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 Davis
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the California Public Records Act the agency must answer within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.
- An arrest by the Davis police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofdavis.org/city-hall/transparency-portal (page title: Transparency Portal | City of Davis, CA), phone 530-757-5648, 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 1, Davis, CA 95616, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Yolo County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-411-5588.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 530-666-8180, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo, through the court records page at yolo.courts.ca.gov.
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
The Yolo County guide covers every agency in the county: Yolo County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Davis each year?
Davis reported 1,076 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Davis?
Ask the Yolo County Sheriff's Office at 877-411-5588; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yolocountysheriff.com/organization/jail.
Where are people arrested in Davis booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Yolo County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Davis?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Yolo are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Davis?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Davis police for its own arrests, the Yolo County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances.
Is this the official Davis 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.