Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Bedford, Indiana, in Lawrence County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Indiana the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Indiana State Police is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Bedford is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Bedford public records, Lawrence County criminal records, Bedford arrest records, Bedford warrants, Bedford inmate search, Bedford court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Lawrence Circuit and Superior Courts
A criminal case from Bedford is filed in the Lawrence Circuit and Superior Courts, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Lawrence County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at in.gov/courts/local/lawrence-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Lawrence County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
The Indiana Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Indiana is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online, through the Indiana State Police. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Bedford
The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bedford (filed by the FBI as Bedford Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Bedford: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
Together, the two agencies in Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,414 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Bedford arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Bedford in 2024
The agency that reports for Bedford had 4 violent and 34 property crimes reported for 2024; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Sex Offender Registry for Bedford
Registered sex offenders living in Bedford are listed on the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry, run by the Indiana Department of Correction with the county sheriffs at in.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff maintains the local entries.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Lawrence County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email, and it may charge a copy fee set by the agency, within statutory limits. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at indy.gov/activity/access-to-public-records-act (page title: ).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Bedford?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Indiana State Police: the Limited Criminal History search is open to anyone online. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
Can I search Bedford criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at in.gov/courts/local/lawrence-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Lawrence County). Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Indiana criminal history?
Through the same limited criminal history search, run on yourself.
Is this the official Bedford 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.