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.
North Manchester, Indiana, in Wabash County, has about 5,200 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 Wabash 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: North Manchester public records, Wabash County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in North Manchester
The FBI lists North Manchester with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as North Manchester Police Department. It reported 1,152 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 Wabash County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
How Many Arrests North Manchester 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.
- North Manchester: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
Through September 2026, North Manchester reported 666 arrests, against 864 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in North Manchester Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in North Manchester 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 72 people, down from about 92 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 72 beds, and it ran at 125 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 North Manchester
An arrest in North Manchester can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wabash 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/wabash-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at prosecutor.wabashcounty85.us).
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 North Manchester
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 North Manchester police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at northmanchester.in.gov/department/index.php?structureid=18 (page title: Police Department | North Manchester, IN), phone (260) 982-8556, 709 W Main St North Manchester, IN 46962, Monday-Friday 8 AM-4 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wabash County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wabash Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/wabash-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Wabash County guide covers every agency in the county: Wabash County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in North Manchester each year?
North Manchester reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in North Manchester booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wabash County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in North Manchester?
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 North Manchester?
From the agency that made the arrest: the North Manchester police for its own arrests, the Wabash 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 North Manchester 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.