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.
Susanville, California, in Lassen County, has about 12,000 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 Lassen. 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: Susanville public records, Lassen County arrest records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Susanville
The FBI lists Susanville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Susanville Police Department. It reported 317 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 Lassen County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 270 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lassen County: Union Pacific Railroad in Lassen County (other); California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Lassen-Modoc (state agency); the Highway Patrol's Susanville Area Office (state police).
How Many Arrests Susanville 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.
- Susanville: 317 for 2025, 327 for 2024, 187 for 2023, 208 for 2022, 451 for 2020 and 455 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
Susanville's 317 arrests in 2025 were down 3.1 percent from 327 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Susanville reported 223 arrests, against 232 in the same months of 2025.
Across Lassen County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 587 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Susanville Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Susanville and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 76 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 210 beds, and it ran at 50 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Susanville
For Susanville the place to look is the case index of the Superior Court of California, County of Lassen, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lassen.courts.ca.gov, phone (530) 251-8205).
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 Susanville
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 Susanville police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofsusanville.gov/199/Public-Records (page title: Public Records | Susanville, CA), phone (530) 257-5603, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Lassen County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Superior Court of California, County of Lassen, through the court records page at lassen.courts.ca.gov, phone (530) 251-8205.
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.
The Lassen County guide covers every agency in the county: Lassen County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Susanville each year?
Susanville reported 317 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Susanville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lassen County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Susanville?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Lassen 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 Susanville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Susanville police for its own arrests, the Lassen 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 Susanville 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.