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 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Greensburg, Indiana, in Decatur County, has about 12,000 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 Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts. 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: Greensburg public records, Decatur County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Greensburg
The FBI lists Greensburg with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Greensburg Police Department. It reported 642 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 Decatur County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 404 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Greensburg 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.
- Greensburg: 642 for 2025, 601 for 2024 and 732 for 2023.
Greensburg's 642 arrests in 2025 were up 6.8 percent from 601 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Greensburg reported 282 arrests, against 345 in the same months of 2025.
Across Decatur County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,046 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greensburg Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Greensburg and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 140 people, up from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 66 beds, and it ran at 206 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at decaturcounty.in.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Decatur County, Indiana), phone 812-222-4911, 601 South Ireland St., Greensburg, IN 47240, Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Indiana Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Greensburg
An arrest in Greensburg can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at decaturcounty.in.gov/clerk, phone 812-663-8223); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at decaturcounty.in.gov/prosecutor, phone 812-663-8505).
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
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. 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 Greensburg
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act the agency must answer 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.
- An arrest by the Greensburg police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofgreensburg.com/police/divisions/records (page title: Records), phone 812-663-3131, 201 South Broadway Greensburg, IN 47240, Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Decatur County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 812-222-4911.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 812-663-8505, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Decatur Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at decaturcounty.in.gov/clerk, phone 812-663-8223.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Decatur County guide covers every agency in the county: Decatur County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greensburg each year?
Greensburg reported 642 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greensburg?
Ask the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at 812-222-4911; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at decaturcounty.in.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Greensburg booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Decatur County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greensburg?
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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Greensburg?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greensburg police for its own arrests, the Decatur County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act the answer is due within 24 hours for a request made in person and 7 days for one sent by mail or email.
Is this the official Greensburg 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.