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.
Marion, Indiana, in Grant County, has about 28,000 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 Grant 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: Marion public records, Grant County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Marion
The FBI lists Marion with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Marion Police Department. It reported 621 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 Grant County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 548 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Marion Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Marion: 621 for 2025, 509 for 2023, 541 for 2022 and 1,501 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
Through May 2026, Marion reported 232 arrests, against 252 in the same months of 2025.
Across Grant County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,188 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marion Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Marion 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 330 people, up from about 270 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 274 beds, and it ran at 124 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 Grant County Sheriff's Office at in.gov/counties/grant/sheriff/divisions/jail-division/jail-current-... (page title: Grant County: Grant County Sheriff's Office: Jail Current Inmates), phone (765) 668-8168, 214 E 4th St Marion, IN 46952, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 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 Marion
Whether someone was arrested in Marion, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Grant County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Grant 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/grant-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at in.gov/counties/grant/courts/prosecutor, phone (765) 664-0739).
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 Marion
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 Marion police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofmarion.in.gov/government/departments/police (page title: City of Marion Police Department), phone 765.668.4412, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Grant County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (765) 668-8168.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (765) 664-0739, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Grant Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/grant-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at grantcountynm.nextrequest.com (page title: Inspection of Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Grant County guide covers every agency in the county: Grant County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marion each year?
Marion reported 621 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Marion?
Look on the custody page of the Grant County Sheriff's Office at in.gov, or call (765) 668-8168. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Marion booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Grant County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marion?
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 Marion?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marion police for its own arrests, the Grant 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 grantcountynm.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Marion 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.