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 25, 2026.
Danville, Indiana, in Hendricks County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Danville is held at the county jail, run by the Hendricks 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Danville
The county jail, run by the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Danville, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office at avonindiana.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=55 (page title: Quick Links, Police | Hendricks County Jail Inmate Lookup), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Hendricks County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 340 people, up from about 260 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 252 beds, and it ran at 103 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hendricks County has about 191,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 18 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hendricks County Jail
The Hendricks County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Danville (filed by the FBI as Danville Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Danville.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Hendricks County: Brownsburg Community School (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office's 828 for 2025, Plainfield's 649 for 2025 and Avon's 614 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Hendricks County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,900 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 Danville arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Danville?
Look on the custody page of the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office at avonindiana.gov/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=55. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Hendricks County jail?
About 340 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 252 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hendricks County go?
To a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov.
Is this the official Danville 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.