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.
Terre Haute, Indiana, in Vigo County, has about 59,000 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 Vigo 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: Terre Haute public records, Vigo County arrest records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Terre Haute
The FBI lists Terre Haute with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Terre Haute Police Department. It reported 2,506 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 Vigo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 842 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Vigo County: Indiana State University (campus police); the Hulman Regional Airport Authority (other).
How Many Arrests Terre Haute Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Terre Haute: 2,506 for 2025, 2,515 for 2023, 2,405 for 2022, 2,309 for 2021 and 2,136 for 2020; 2024 is missing months.
Through June 2026, Terre Haute reported 1,134 arrests, against 1,304 in the same months of 2025.
Across Vigo County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,348 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Terre Haute Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Terre Haute 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 360 people, up from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 467 beds, and it ran at 78 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 Vigo County Sheriff's Office at vigosheriff.in.gov/topics/vigo-county-jail (page title: Vigo County Jail | Vigo County Sheriff), phone (812) 462-3226, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Terre Haute
Whether someone was arrested in Terre Haute, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Vigo 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/vigo-county); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at vigocounty.in.gov/department/index.php?structureid=9, phone 812-462-3305).
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 Terre Haute
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 Terre Haute police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at terrehaute.in.gov/departments/police/thpd_records_unit.php (page title: THPD Records Unit), phone 812-244-2560, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Vigo County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (812) 462-3226.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 812-462-3305, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Vigo Circuit and Superior Courts, through the court records page at in.gov/courts/local/vigo-county.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Vigo County guide covers every agency in the county: Vigo County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Terre Haute each year?
Terre Haute reported 2,506 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Terre Haute?
Ask the Vigo County Sheriff's Office at (812) 462-3226; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at vigosheriff.in.gov/topics/vigo-county-jail.
Where are people arrested in Terre Haute booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Vigo County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Terre Haute?
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 Terre Haute?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Terre Haute police for its own arrests, the Vigo 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 Terre Haute 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.