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.
New Haven, Indiana, in Allen County, has about 16,000 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 Allen 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: New Haven public records, Allen County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in New Haven
The FBI lists New Haven with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as New Haven Police Department. It reported 286 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 Allen County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 512 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Allen County: Purdue University at Fort Wayne (campus police); Parkview Health (other).
How Many Arrests New Haven 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.
- New Haven: 286 for 2025, 298 for 2024, 249 for 2023, 207 for 2022 and 183 for 2021.
New Haven's 286 arrests in 2025 were down 4 percent from 298 in 2024.
Through July 2026, New Haven reported 214 arrests, against 162 in the same months of 2025.
Across Allen County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,481 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in New Haven Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in New Haven 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 720 people, down from about 800 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 732 beds, and it ran at 92 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 Allen County Sheriff's Office at allencountysheriff.org/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Allen County Sheriff), phone (260) 449-7535, 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 New Haven
An arrest in New Haven can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Allen County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Allen 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/allen-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at allencounty.in.gov/1182/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone (260) 449-7641).
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 New Haven
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 New Haven police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at newhaven.in.gov/649/Miscellaneous-Services (page title: Miscellaneous Services | New Haven, IN), phone 260-748-7080, 815 Lincoln Highway E New Haven, IN 46774, Monday-Friday, 8am - 5 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Allen County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (260) 449-7535.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (260) 449-7641, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Allen Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/allen-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at allencounty.in.gov/472/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Allen County, IN).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Allen County guide covers every agency in the county: Allen County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in New Haven each year?
New Haven reported 286 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in New Haven?
Look on the custody page of the Allen County Sheriff's Office at allencountysheriff.org/inmate-search, or call (260) 449-7535. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in New Haven booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Allen County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in New Haven?
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 New Haven?
From the agency that made the arrest: the New Haven police for its own arrests, the Allen 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 allencounty.in.gov/472/Public-Records-Request.
Is this the official New Haven 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.