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 September 30, 2026.
Lebanon, Indiana, in Boone County, has about 18,000 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 Boone 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: Lebanon public records, Boone County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lebanon
The FBI lists Lebanon with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Lebanon Police Department. It reported 387 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 Boone County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
How Many Arrests Lebanon 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.
- Lebanon: 387 for 2025, 311 for 2024, 272 for 2023, 108 for 2022, 149 for 2021 and 151 for 2020.
Lebanon's 387 arrests in 2025 were up 24 percent from 311 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Lebanon reported 184 arrests, against 193 in the same months of 2025.
Across Boone County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 727 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lebanon Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lebanon is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 219 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Boone County Sheriff's Office at boonecountyindianasheriff.com/divisions/county-corrections/correcti... (page title: Corrections-Inmate Lookup | Jailtracker | Boone County Sheriff, Indiana), phone 765-483-5782, 1905 Indianapolis Ave Lebanon, IN 46052, Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was 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.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Indiana Department of Correction lists its inmates at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov/idoc-ofs-1.0.2/ofs.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lebanon
Whether someone was arrested in Lebanon, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Boone County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Boone Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at in.gov/courts/local/boone-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at boonecounty.in.gov/offices/prosecutor, phone 765-482-6860).
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 Lebanon
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Lebanon police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at lebanon.in.gov/lebanon-police-department (page title: Lebanon Police Department | City of Lebanon), phone (765) 482-1412, 201 E Main St Lebanon, IN 46052, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Boone County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 765-483-5782.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 765-482-6860, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Boone Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/boone-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at boonecountyin-sheriff.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public Records RequestNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Boone County guide covers every agency in the county: Boone County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lebanon each year?
Lebanon reported 387 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lebanon?
Look on the custody page of the Boone County Sheriff's Office at boonecountyindianasheriff.com, or call 765-483-5782. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Lebanon booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Boone County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lebanon?
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 Lebanon?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lebanon police for its own arrests, the Boone 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at boonecountyin-sheriff.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Lebanon 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.