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 October 2, 2026.
Indio, California, in Riverside County, has about 94,000 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 Riverside. 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: Indio public records, Riverside County arrest records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Indio
The FBI lists Indio with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Indio Police Department. It reported 2,298 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 Riverside County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 3,583 arrests for 2023.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Riverside County: the University of California at Riverside, Mt. San Jacinto College and Riverside Community College (campus police); the Highway Patrol's Indio, Riverside, San Gorgonio Pass, Blythe and Temecula Area Offices, the Highway Patrol at Desert Hills Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility and the Highway Patrol at Rainbow Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility (state police); California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Riverside and California State Parks at Inland Empire (state agency); Union Pacific Railroad in Riverside County (other).
How Many Arrests Indio 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.
- Indio: 2,298 for 2025, 1,134 for 2023, 1,955 for 2022, 2,133 for 2020 and 2,277 for 2019; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
Through August 2026, Indio reported 1,283 arrests, against 1,553 in the same months of 2025.
Across Riverside County, the 13 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 25,498 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Indio Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Indio 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 3,760 people, down from about 3,790 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 4,975 beds, and it ran at 76 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 Riverside County Sheriff's Office at riversidesheriff.org/213/Inmate-Information (page title: Inmate Information | Riverside County Sheriff, CA), 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 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Indio
For Indio the place to look is the custody page of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail.
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 Indio
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 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 Indio police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at indiopd.org/divisions/support-services-division/police-records (page title: Police Records | Indio, CA), phone (760) 391-4057, 800 Jackson Street Indio, CA 92201, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at riversidecountyca.nextrequest.com (page title: Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
The Riverside County guide covers every agency in the county: Riverside County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Indio each year?
Indio reported 2,298 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Indio?
Look on the custody page of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office at riversidesheriff.org/213/Inmate-Information. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Indio booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Indio?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 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 Indio?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Indio police for its own arrests, the Riverside 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at riversidecountyca.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Indio 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.