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.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County, has about 494,000 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 El Paso County District Court. 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: Colorado Springs public records, El Paso County arrest records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Colorado Springs
The FBI lists Colorado Springs with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Colorado Springs Police Department. It reported 19,181 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 El Paso County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,652 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in El Paso County: Colorado Department of Revenue in Marijuana Enforcement Criminal Investigation, El Paso County (state agency); the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Colorado Springs 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.
- Colorado Springs: 19,181 for 2025, 17,382 for 2024, 16,329 for 2023, 14,995 for 2022, 10,894 for 2021 and 16,642 for 2020.
Colorado Springs's 19,181 arrests in 2025 were up 10 percent from 17,382 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Colorado Springs reported 11,259 arrests, against 13,111 in the same months of 2025.
Across El Paso County, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 22,751 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Colorado Springs Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Colorado Springs 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 1,240 people, down from about 2,050 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 1,693 beds, and it ran at 73 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 El Paso County Sheriff's Office at epcsheriffsoffice.com/services/search-for-inmates (page title: Search for Inmates | El Paso County Sheriff's Office), phone 719-390-2151, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Colorado Department of Corrections lists its inmates at cdoc.colorado.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Colorado Springs
For Colorado Springs the place to look is the case index of the El Paso County District Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at coloradojudicial.gov/courts/trial-courts/el-paso-county, phone (719) 452-5490).
Colorado is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public, through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Colorado Springs
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances, and it may charge research and retrieval time after the first hour, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Colorado Springs police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at coloradosprings.gov/policerecords (page title: Police Records Release Requests | City of Colorado Springs), phone 719-444-7463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 719-390-2151.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the El Paso County District Court, through the court records page at coloradojudicial.gov, phone (719) 452-5490.
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
The El Paso County guide covers every agency in the county: El Paso County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Colorado Springs each year?
Colorado Springs reported 19,181 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Colorado Springs?
Ask the El Paso County Sheriff's Office at 719-390-2151; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at epcsheriffsoffice.com.
Where are people arrested in Colorado Springs booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Colorado Springs?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation: the state runs an online name-based criminal history check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Colorado Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Colorado Springs?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Colorado Springs police for its own arrests, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances.
Is this the official Colorado Springs 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.