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 October 2, 2026.
Stark County, Illinois, has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stark County is held at the county jail, run by the Stark County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Stark County public records, Stark County arrest records, Stark County warrants, Stark County criminal records, Stark County court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Stark County
The county jail, run by the Stark County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Stark County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Stark County Sheriff's Office at vintoncountysheriff.com/stark-county (page title: Stark County Sheriff, OH, Jail Inmate Search, Recent Arrests), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Stark County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 4 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 1 beds, and it ran at 400 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Stark County has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 8 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Stark County Jail
The Stark County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Wyoming, Toulon and Bradford make the arrests that end in a booking in Stark County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Wyoming's 1,152 for 2025, Bradford's 1,152 for 2025 and the Stark County Sheriff's Office's 40 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Stark County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,364 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Stark County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Illinois Department of Corrections lists its inmates at idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Stark County?
Look on the custody page of the Stark County Sheriff's Office at vintoncountysheriff.com/stark-county. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Stark County jail?
About 4 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Stark County go?
To a facility of the Illinois Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html.
Is this the official Stark 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.