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 September 25, 2026.
Huntington Beach, California, in Orange County, has about 193,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Huntington Beach is held at the county jail, run by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Huntington Beach
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Huntington Beach is held at the county jail, run by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Orange County Sheriff's Office at ocsheriff.gov/how-do-i/get-inmate-information (page title: Get Inmate Information. | Orange County California | Sheriff's Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Orange County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 3,930 people, down from about 5,650 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 5,093 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Orange County has about 3.2 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Orange County Jail
The Orange County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Huntington Beach (filed by the FBI as Huntington Beach Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Huntington Beach.
The FBI's agency list also places three campus police departments, one other agency, one state agency and three state police units in Orange County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Anaheim's 10,528 for 2025, Santa Ana's 9,551 for 2025 and Huntington Beach's 5,755 for 2023.
Together, the 34 agencies in Orange County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 67,119 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Huntington Beach arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Orange County serves the sentence in a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Huntington Beach?
Look on the custody page of the Orange County Sheriff's Office at ocsheriff.gov/how-do-i/get-inmate-information. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Orange County jail?
About 3,930 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 5,093 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Orange County go?
To a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; its inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
Is this the official Huntington Beach 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.