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.
Decatur, Indiana, in Adams County, has about 10,000 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 Decatur is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Decatur public records, Adams County criminal records, Decatur arrest records, Decatur warrants, Decatur inmate search, Decatur court records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Adams Circuit and Superior Courts
In Indiana the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Decatur are heard by the Adams Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.adams.in.us/187/Superior-Court (page title: Superior Court | Adams County, IN), phone 260-724-5347, 122 S 3rd Street Decatur, IN 46733, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., 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 Decatur
The Adams County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Decatur (filed by the FBI as Decatur Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Decatur: 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 three agencies in Adams County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 231 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 Decatur arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Decatur in 2025
The agency that reports for Decatur had 19 violent and 39 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Adams County
Charges in Adams County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Adams Circuit and Superior Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at co.adams.in.us/184/Prosecutors-Office (page title: Prosecutor's Office | Adams County, IN), phone 260-724-5338, 112 S 2nd Street Decatur, IN 46733, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Decatur
Registered sex offenders living in Decatur 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 Adams 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Decatur?
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 Decatur criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at co.adams.in.us/187/Superior-Court (page title: Superior Court | Adams County, IN). 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.
Who prosecutes crimes in Decatur?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at 260-724-5338, which files its cases in the Adams Circuit and Superior Courts.
Is this the official Decatur 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.