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 30, 2026.
Crowley County, Colorado, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Crowley County Sheriff's Office. An arrest 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 Crowley County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Crowley County public records, Colorado arrest records, Colorado inmate search and Colorado criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Crowley County
The Crowley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Crowley County. It reported 146 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Crowley County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Crowley County Sheriff's Office: 146 for 2025, 166 for 2024, 189 for 2023, 187 for 2022, 207 for 2021 and 186 for 2020.
The Crowley County Sheriff's Office's 146 arrests in 2025 were down 12 percent from 166 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Crowley County Sheriff's Office reported 84 arrests, against 99 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Crowley County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crowley County 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 4 people, down from about 7 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 16 beds, and it ran at 26 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 Crowley County Sheriff's Office at crowleycounty.colorado.gov/government-offices/crowley-county-sherif... (page title: Crowley County Sheriff's Office | Crowley County), phone 719-267-5555, 110 East 6th Street Ordway, CO 81063, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Crowley County
For Crowley County the place to look is the case index of the Crowley 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/crowley-county, phone (719) 383-7152).
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 Crowley County
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 Crowley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 719-267-5555.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Crowley County District Court, through the court records page at coloradojudicial.gov, phone (719) 383-7152.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at coloradojudicial.gov/node/9168 (page title: Record/Document Request Form | Crowley County | Colorado Judicial Branch).
- Your own statewide record: a name-based or fingerprint-based request to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Crowley County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Crowley County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Crowley County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Crowley County each year?
The Crowley County Sheriff's Office reported 146 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Crowley County?
Ask the Crowley County Sheriff's Office at 719-267-5555; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at crowleycounty.colorado.gov.
Where are people arrested in Crowley County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Crowley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Crowley County?
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 Crowley County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Crowley County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Colorado Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 working days, extendable to 7 when there are extenuating circumstances; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at coloradojudicial.gov/node/9168.
Is this the official Crowley County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.