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 25, 2026.
Richmond, Indiana, in Wayne County, has about 36,000 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 Wayne 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: Richmond public records, Wayne County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Richmond
The FBI lists Richmond with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Richmond Police Department. It reported 901 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 Wayne County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 1,192 arrests for 2019.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Wayne County: Indiana University at East (campus police).
How Many Arrests Richmond 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.
- Richmond: 901 for 2025.
Through June 2026, Richmond reported 491 arrests, against 427 in the same months of 2025.
Across Wayne County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 1,240 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Richmond Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Richmond 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 220 people, down from about 330 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 416 beds, and it ran at 60 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 Wayne County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.co.wayne.in.us (page title: Wayne County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Richmond
An arrest in Richmond can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Wayne Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at co.wayne.in.us/courtcasesearch.php); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at co.wayne.in.us/prosecutor, phone (765) 973-9394).
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 Richmond
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 Richmond police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at richmondindiana.gov/resources/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests), phone 765-983-7365, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (765) 973-9394, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Wayne Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at co.wayne.in.us/courtcasesearch.php.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at co.wayne.in.us/pubrecords.php (page title: Wayne County Public Record Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Wayne County guide covers every agency in the county: Wayne County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Richmond each year?
Richmond reported 901 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Richmond?
Ask the Wayne County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.co.wayne.in.us.
Where are people arrested in Richmond booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Richmond?
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 Richmond?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Richmond police for its own arrests, the Wayne 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.wayne.in.us/pubrecords.php.
Is this the official Richmond 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.