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 28, 2026.
Linton, Indiana, in Greene County, has about 5,300 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 Greene 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: Linton public records, Greene County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Linton
The FBI lists Linton with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Linton Police Department. It reported 64 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 181 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Greene County: Linton-Stockton School Corporation (other).
How Many Arrests Linton 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.
- Linton: 64 for 2025, 111 for 2024, 129 for 2023, 157 for 2022, 132 for 2021 and 83 for 2020.
Linton's 64 arrests in 2025 were down 42 percent from 111 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Linton reported 29 arrests, against 19 in the same months of 2025.
Across Greene County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,397 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Linton Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Linton 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 120 people, up from about 81 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 86 beds, and it ran at 94 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office at co.greene.in.us/department/index.php?structureid=16 (page title: Sheriff's Department | Greene County, Indiana), phone (812) 384-4411, 204 County Road 70 E PO Box 267 Bloomfield, IN 47424, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
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 Linton
An arrest in Linton can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Greene 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/greene-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.greene.in.us/department/index.php?structureid=26, phone (812) 384-4998).
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 Linton
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 Linton police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityoflinton.in.gov/department/index.php?structureid=10 (page title: Police Department | Linton, Indiana), phone (812) 847-4411, 190 NW A St Linton, IN 47441, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Greene County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (812) 384-4411.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (812) 384-4998, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Greene Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/greene-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.greene.in.us (page title: Document Center | Greene County Public Records Request Form | Greene County, Indiana).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Greene County guide covers every agency in the county: Greene County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Linton each year?
Linton reported 64 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Linton?
Ask the Greene County Sheriff's Office at (812) 384-4411; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at co.greene.in.us.
Where are people arrested in Linton booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Linton?
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 Linton?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Linton police for its own arrests, the Greene 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 co.greene.in.us.
Is this the official Linton 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.