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.
Rushville, Indiana, in Rush County, has about 6,200 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 Rush 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: Rushville public records, Rush County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Rushville
The FBI lists Rushville with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Rushville Police Department. It reported 190 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 Rush County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 180 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Rushville 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.
- Rushville: 190 for 2025, 352 for 2020 and 565 for 2019; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Through July 2026, Rushville reported 96 arrests, against 117 in the same months of 2025.
Across Rush County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 370 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rushville Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rushville 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 37 people, down from about 56 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 47 beds, and it ran at 119 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 Rush County Sheriff's Office at rushcounty.in.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Rush County Indiana Government), phone 765-932-2931, 101 E. 2nd St, Rushville, IN 46173, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Rushville
Whether someone was arrested in Rushville, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Rush Circuit and Superior Courts, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at rushcounty.in.gov/clerk, phone (765)932-4165); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at rushcounty.in.gov/prosecutor, phone 765-932-3907).
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 Rushville
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 Rushville police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityofrushville.in.gov/departments-services/city-departments/police... (page title: Police Department | City of Rushville), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Rush County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 765-932-2931.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 765-932-3907, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Rush Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at rushcounty.in.gov/clerk, phone (765)932-4165.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Rush County guide covers every agency in the county: Rush County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rushville each year?
Rushville reported 190 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Rushville?
Ask the Rush County Sheriff's Office at 765-932-2931; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at rushcounty.in.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Rushville booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Rush County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rushville?
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 Rushville?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rushville police for its own arrests, the Rush 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 Rushville 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.