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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Davenport, Iowa, in Scott County, has about 101,000 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 County Attorney files charges, a case in the Iowa District Court for Scott County. 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: Davenport public records, Scott County arrest records, Iowa arrest records and Iowa inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Davenport
The FBI lists Davenport with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Davenport Police Department. It reported 5,778 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 Scott County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,033 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Davenport 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.
- Davenport: 5,778 for 2025, 5,754 for 2024, 4,971 for 2023, 3,934 for 2022, 3,523 for 2021 and 3,361 for 2020.
Davenport's 5,778 arrests in 2025 were up 0.4 percent from 5,754 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Davenport reported 3,457 arrests, against 3,622 in the same months of 2025.
Across Scott County, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,003 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Davenport Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Davenport 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 2023 the jail held about 320 people, down from about 320 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 380 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Scott County Sheriff's Office at scottcountyiowa.gov/sheriff/inmates (page title: Inmate Listing | Scott County Iowa), phone 563-326-8625, 400 W. 4th St. Davenport, IA 52801-1104, Monday to Friday: 8:00am - 4:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Iowa Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.iowa.gov/inmate-family-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Davenport
Whether someone was arrested in Davenport, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Scott County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Iowa District Court for Scott County, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at scottcountyiowa.gov/courts/clerk-court, phone 563-326-8647); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at scottcountyiowa.gov/attorney/general-information, phone 563-326-8600).
Statewide, Iowa Courts Online is the Iowa Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
Iowa is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can request a name-based criminal history check online, through the Iowa Division of Criminal 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 Davenport
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22) the agency must answer without delay; the law sets no fixed number of days, and a delay past 20 days must be justified, and it may charge the actual cost of copying and retrieval.
- An arrest by the Davenport police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at davenportiowa.com/government/departments/police (page title: Police | City of Davenport), phone 563-326-7979, 416 Harrison Street Davenport, IA 52801, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Scott County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 563-326-8625.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, 563-326-8600, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Iowa District Court for Scott County, through the court records page at scottcountyiowa.gov/courts/clerk-court, phone 563-326-8647.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at scottcountyiowa.gov/secc/open-records-request (page title: SECC Open Records Request | Scott County Iowa).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Scott County guide covers every agency in the county: Scott County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Davenport each year?
Davenport reported 5,778 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Davenport?
Look on the custody page of the Scott County Sheriff's Office at scottcountyiowa.gov/sheriff/inmates, or call 563-326-8625. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Davenport booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Scott County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Davenport?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation: anyone can request a name-based criminal history check online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Davenport?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Davenport police for its own arrests, the Scott County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Iowa Open Records Law (Chapter 22) the answer is due without delay; the law sets no fixed number of days, and a delay past 20 days must be justified; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at scottcountyiowa.gov/secc/open-records-request.
Is this the official Davenport 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.